- The official rock of Kentucky is the Kentucky Agate. Very beautiful, but technically not a rock. It is a type of quartz, so technically it is a mineral.
- The official gem of Kentucky is the pearl. Freshwater pearls are often found in Kentucky, but since most gems are considered minerals (and minerals cannot be made biologically), pearls are not really gems.
- And last, but not least, the official mineral of Kentucky...coal. Sure, it makes sense. But coal is not a mineral. It is a fossil fuel, aka, biologically made. Strike 3!
I love our government.
1 comment:
All of those are rocks, just like anything with more legs than a dog is a bug, and white and black are both colors.
Spare me your semantic mumbo-jumbo, Geo-boy.
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