Symbols for Nebraska: Geology and Archaeological Symbols By Nora Kirkeby Feb 25, 2008, 16:00 PST

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Nebraska State Fossil
Nebraska's state fossil is the mammoth. Find out why it was chosen, and everything else here. Did you know mammoth fossils have been found in all of Nebraska's 93 counties? Check it out!
Source: Nebraska State Historical Society

Nebraska State Gemstone
Nebraska's state gemstone is blue agate, also called blue chalcedony. Scroll about halfway down this page, and you'll find everything on chalcedony from history, to uses.
Source: Nebraska Secretary of State

Nebraska State Rock
Learn about the prairie agate, and how it became Nebraska's state rock.
Source: Nebraska Department of Economic Development

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