State by State

Wyoming

  • Specimen Number

    48

  • Description

    Broken cobble-sized fragment of rose quartz.   Identified by survey staff as "likely rose quartz with iron staining."

  • Classification

    Hydrothermal. Vein. Quartz. Rose.

  • Location & Occurrence

    Unknown.

  • Geological Age

    Unknown.

  • Geoheritage

    Aesthetics is part of geoheritage. This is arguably the most beautiful stone in the collection, and also one of the simplest.

  • Links

    Link to State Geological Map from USGS.  Link to Wyoming State Geological Survey.

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Specimen stone for Wyoming.
Closeup of Wyoming stone. Outline map for Wyoming. Geo Map for Wyoming.