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In 1986, California named benitoite as its state gemstone, a form of the mineral barium titanium silicate that is unique to the Golden State and only found in gem quality in San Benito County. [ 80 ] ^ Colorado is the only state whose geological symbols reflect the national flag's colors: red (rhodochrosite), white (yule marble), and blue ...
Cape May diamonds (sometimes capitalized "Diamonds") are quartz pebbles found on the beaches of Cape May Point, New Jersey. The pebbles are sometimes collected, cut and polished to resemble diamonds, then sold locally as souvenirs. Cape May diamonds are usually collected by beach combing and are most abundant at Higbee and Sunset beaches in ...
The Passaic Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. It was previously known as the Brunswick Formation since it was first described in the vicinity of New Brunswick, New Jersey. It is now named for the city of Passaic, New Jersey, which is near where its type section was described by paleontologist Paul E ...
Interest in New Jersey's hidden gems goes back over 200 years. The sediments and fossils of the New Jersey coastal plain were among the first to attract the attention of early students of American ...
Growing up in New Jersey is kind of like dating a sweet and sensitive guy with a rough exterior. You don’t need the rest of the world to understand your love, and in fact, that’s part of what ...
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Hiking New Jersey: A Guide to 50 of the Garden State's Greatest Hiking. Globe Pequot Press. pp. 62– 68. ISBN 978-0-7627-1119-2. Woodward, Herbert (1944). "Pahaquarry Mine". Copper Mines and Mining in New Jersey (PDF). Trenton, New Jersey: State of New Jersey Department of Conservation and Development. pp. 124– 137.
Physiographic Provinces of New Jersey. New Jersey is a very geologically and geographically diverse region in the United States' Middle Atlantic region, offering variety from the Appalachian Mountains and the Highlands in the state's northwest, to the Atlantic Coastal Plain region that encompasses both the Pine Barrens and the Jersey Shore.