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ME State Symbols
Symbols for Maine: Geological and Archaeological Symbols
By Nora Kirkeby
Jul 2, 2006, 14:41 PST

Maine State Fossil and Maine State Mineral

Photo courtesy and © Roger Weller of Cochise College.
Maine State Fossil
You’ll learn all about the Maine state fossil, Pertica quadrifaria, a plant from the Devonian period, at this great informative site.
Source:State Fossils

Maine State Mineral
Maine's state mineral is tourmaline. Learn about the reasons that tourmaline is desired by collectors, and about the places it was discovered in Maine.
Source:Maine Geological Survey



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