[Rockhounds] The push to name Franklinite as the official mineral of New Jersey

[Doug Bank]

Many states have a state rock, mineral or gemstone. Some like Oregon have all three. Some, like New Jersey, have none.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_minerals,_rocks,_stones_and_gemstones <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_minerals,_rocks,_stones_and_gemstones> 

Doug

> On Jan 22, 2023, at 8:21 PM, Tim Fisher <nospam at orerockon.com> wrote:
> 
> I thought every state had a rock (Oregon is the thunderegg, and the fossil
> is Metasequoia).
> 
> Tim Fisher
> Http://OreRockOn.com 
> Email nospam at orerockon.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rockhounds [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at rockhounds.drizzle.com] On
> Behalf Of Steve Sorrell
> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2023 3:15 PM
> To: Rockhounds at Drizzle
> Subject: [Rockhounds] The push to name Franklinite as the official mineral
> of New Jersey
> 
> In a recent episode of "Brian's Positively New Jersey,” Brian Donohue
> travels to the Sterling Hill Mine Museum - and deep into the old mine itself
> - to learn why people feel so passionately about a heavy, gray rock - and
> why it just may be the perfect symbol for New Jersey.
> 
> https://bronx.news12.com/positively-nj-the-push-to-name-franklinite-as-the-o
> fficial-mineral-of-new-jersey
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