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Leaders of states in the U.S. which have significant mineral deposits often create a state mineral, rock, stone or gemstone to promote interest in their natural resources, history, tourism, etc. Not every state has an official state mineral, rock, stone and/or gemstone, however.
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The Cottonwood is the main facing material for the campus buildings of Kansas State University. [4] The Topeka Performing Arts Center [12] as well as much of the Kansas State Capitol [9] and the Great Overland Station [13] in Topeka, Kansas are constructed with Cottonwood Limestone.
The Central Kansas Uplift is a broad arch in the rocks of west-central Kansas. The rock units within this arch have been major oil producers. The Anadarko Basin of southwest Kansas contains significant natural gas. The Sedgwick Basin, the Cherokee Basin and the Forest City Basin of south and east Kansas also produce petroleum and natural gas. [22]
Get the Kansas City, MO local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... Hourly 10 Days. ... Magnitude 5.2 earthquake rocks Greek Aegean islands beginning another week of seismic unrest.
Monument Rocks (also Chalk Pyramids) are a series of large chalk formations in Gove County, Kansas, rich in fossils. The formations were the first landmark in Kansas chosen by the U.S. Department of the Interior as a National Natural Landmark. The chalk formations reach a height of up to 70 ft (21 m) and include formations such as buttes and ...
Mushroom Rock State Park is noted for its mushroom rock formations. It is located in the Smoky Hills region of north-central Kansas in Ellsworth County, Kansas , United States. These rocks are the remains of beach sands and sediments of the Cretaceous Period, the interval of geologic time from about 144 to 66 million years ago.