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Official State Fossils, Gems, Minerals and Stones
| State | Official Fossil | Common Name | Official Gem | Official Mineral | Official Rock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Basilosaurus cetoides | whale | Hematite | Marble | |
| Alaska | Mammuthus primigenius | woolly mammoth | Jade | Gold | |
| Arizona | Araucarioxylon arizonicum | petrified wood | Turquoise | Fire Agate | Petrified Wood |
| Arkansas | Diamond | Quartz Crystal | Bauxite | ||
| California | Smilodon californicus | sabertooth cat | Benitoite | Native Gold | Serpentine |
| Colorado | Stegosaurus stenops | plated dinosaur | Aquamarine | Rhodochrosite | |
| Connecticut | Eubrontes giganteus | dinosaur track | Garnet | ||
| Delaware | Belemnitella americana | belemnite | Sillimantite | ||
| Florida | agatized coral | coral | Moonstone | Agatized Coral | |
| Georgia | shark tooth | shark tooth | Quartz | Staurolite | |
| Hawaii | Black coral | ||||
| Idaho | Equus simplicidens | horse | Star Garnet | ||
| Illinois | Tullimonstrum gregarium | Tully Monster | Fluorite | ||
| Indiana | Limestone | ||||
| Iowa | Geode | ||||
| Kansas | |||||
| Kentucky | brachiopod | brachiopod | Freshwater Pearl | Coal | |
| Louisiana | petrified palm wood | petrified palm wood | Agate | Petrified Palm | |
| Maine | Pertica quadrifaria | plant | Tourmaline | ||
| Maryland | Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae Astrodon johnstoni |
snail
sauropod dinosaur |
Patuxent River Stone | ||
| Massachusetts | dinosaur tracks | dinosaur tracks | Rhodonite | Babingtonite | Roxbury Pudding stone (Jasper) |
| Michigan | Mamut americanum
Petoskey Stone |
mastodon
coral |
Chlorastrolite (aka Isle Royale greenstone) | Petosky Stone | |
| Minnesota | Lake Superior agate | ||||
| Mississippi | Basilosaurus and Zygorhiza
petrified wood |
whales
petrified wood |
Petrified Wood | ||
| Missouri | Delocrinus missouriensis | crinoid | Galena | Mozarkite | |
| Montana | Maiasaura peeblesorum | duckbilled dinosaur | Yogo Sapphire | ||
| Nebraska | mammoth | mammoth | Blue Agate | Prairie Agate | |
| Nevada | Shonisaurus popularis | ichthyosaur | Precious: Virgin Valley black fire opal; Semiprecious: Nevada turquoise | Silver | Sandstone |
| New Hampshire | Smoky quartz | Beryl | Conway Granite | ||
| New Jersey | Hadrosaurus foulkii | duckbilled dinosaur | |||
| New Mexico | Coelophysis bauri | theropod dinosaur | Turquoise | ||
| New York | Eurypterus remipes | sea scorpion | Garnet | Hematite | |
| North Carolina | Emerald | Granite/Unakite | |||
| North Dakota | Teredo petrified wood | shipworm-bored petrified wood | Toredo Wood | ||
| Ohio | Isotelus | trilobite | Ohio Flint | ||
| Oklahoma | Saurophaganax maximus | theropod dinosaur | Barite Rose | ||
| Oregon | Metasequoia | conifer leaf | Oregon sunstone | Thunderegg | |
| Pennsylvania | Phacops rana | trilobite | Trilobite | ||
| Rhode Island | Bowenite | Cumberlandite | |||
| South Carolina | Amethyst | Blue Granite | |||
| South Dakota | Triceratops | horned dinosaur | Fairburn agate | Rose Quartz | |
| Tennessee | Pterotrigonia thoracica | bivalve | Tennessee Pearl | Agate, Tennessee Limestone | |
| Texas | Pleurocoelus
petrified palm wood |
sauropod dinosaur
petrified palm wood |
Texas blue topaz | Petrified Palmwood | |
| Utah | Allosaurus | theropod dinosaur | Topaz | Coal | |
| Vermont | Delphinapterus leucas | beluga whale | Grossular garnet | Talc and Grossular Garnet | Granite, Marble, Slate |
| Virginia | Chesapecten jeffersonius | Pliocene, bivalve | Chesapecten jeffersonius (Fossil) | ||
| Washington | Mammuthus columbi
petrified wood |
mammoth
petrified wood |
Petrified wood | ||
| West Virginia | fossil coral | coral | Silicified Mississippian fossil coral Lithostrotionella | ||
| Wisconsin | Calymene celebra | Silurian, trilobite | Ruby | Galena | Red Granite |
| Wyoming | Knightia
Triceratops |
fish
horned dinosaur |
Jade (Nephrite) |
We want to keep this list up-to-date! Did your state recently name an official fossil, gem, mineral or stone not listed above? Email us and tell us about it!