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Official State Minerals

State	Name	Designated as	Year
All official minerals listed by state.
Alabama	Hematite (Red iron ore)	Official mineral	1967
Alaska	Gold	Official state mineral	1968
Arizona
Arkansas	Quartz crystal	Official state mineral	1967
California	Native gold	Official State Mineral and mineralogic emblem	1965
Colorado	Rhodochrosite	State mineral	2002
Connecticut	Garnet	State mineral	1977
Delaware	Sillimanite	Official state mineral	1977
Florida
Georgia	Staurolite	Official Georgia state mineral	1976
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois	Calcium flouride (Flourite)	Official state mineral	1965
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky	Coal	Official mineral	1998
Louisiana
Maine	Tourmaline	Official mineral	1971
Maryland
Massachusetts	Babingtonite	Mineral or mineral emblem	1971
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri	Galena	Official mineral	1967
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire	Beryl	Official state mineral	1985
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island	Bowenite	Official state mineral	1966
South Carolina
South Dakota	Rose quartz	Official state mineral stone	1966
Tennessee
Texas	Blue topaz	State gemstone	1969
Texas
Utah	Copper	State mineral	1994
Vermont	Talc	Mineral	1991
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin	Galena (Lead sulfide)	State mineral	1971
Wyoming
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