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  2. List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones

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    Freshwater pearl (1986) Louisiana [32 ... Granite (1985); New Hampshire's nickname is the Granite State: Smoky quartz (1985) New Jersey ... Emerald (1973) North ...

  3. List of decorative stones - Wikipedia

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    The granite of the dimension-stone industry along with truly granitic rock also includes gneiss, gabbro, anorthosite and even some sedimentary rocks. Natural stone is used as architectural stone (construction, flooring, cladding, counter tops, curbing, etc.) and as raw block and monument stone for the funerary trade.

  4. Emerald - Wikipedia

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    Emerald is a gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl (Be 3 Al 2 (SiO 3) 6) colored green by trace amounts of chromium or sometimes vanadium. [2] Beryl has a hardness of 7.5–8 on the Mohs scale . [ 2 ]

  5. GIO Building - Wikipedia

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    The exterior of the building was clad in a rich variety of materials. The ground floor levels were finished with Uralla granite, with emerald pearl around the windows and red granite on the Elizabeth Street facade. Above these levels it was clad in Benedict Stone of a soft grey hue.

  6. Nacre - Wikipedia

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    The iridescent nacre inside a nautilus shell Nacreous shell worked into a decorative object. Nacre (/ ˈ n eɪ k ər / NAY-kər, also / ˈ n æ k r ə / NAK-rə), [1] also known as mother-of-pearl, is an organic–inorganic composite material produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer.

  7. Gemstones in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Emerald Emerald. Emerald - Greek σμάραγδος smaragdos, Latin smaragdus. The fourth foundation stone of the celestial Jerusalem (Rev. 21:19). The most popular identification for bareḳeth is emerald, but this identification is impossible. The earliest known emerald is a single unengraved stone mounted in a gold ring, dated circa 330 ...