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- Massachusetts Facts
- The Roxbury Puddingstone, sometimes called Roxbury Conglomerate, became the state rock in 1983.
- The Dinosaur Tracks in Massachusetts, which were made over 200 million years ago. In Granby, the prints of a theropod dinosaur fifty feet in length from head to tail (the first record of a theropod of such magnitude), were found. They were made the official fossil in 1980.
- Rhodonite is the most beautiful gem material found in the state. It varies in hue from a light pink to a deep rose or reddish pink and is associated with black manganese. It was adopted in 1979.
- The finest quality Babingtonite in America has come from this state. Although the Commonwealth is not overly blessed with mineral resources, it is one of the few locations in the world where this usually jet black material with a brilliant submetallic luster is found. The Legislature adopted it in April of 1971.
- Granite was made the building rock of the State in 1983. The last Ice Age did leave Massachusetts with exceptionally fine samples of this rock; granite from Quincy was used to build the Washington Monument.
- The New England Neptune (Neptuna lyrata decemcostata) was made the state shell in 1987.
- Turner's Falls Dinosaurs
- Field Trips
- MA-GEO
- Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts: Coal Beds in Foxborough
