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Here you will find links to even more noteworthy websites!

As you may know, our magnificent rose quartz comes from the Scott Red Rose Quartz mine which is in the southern Black Hills of South Dakota.  South Dakota's state mineral is rose quartz.

Want to know what your state mineral, rock or gem is? 
Go to this link, but please come back!

Have questions about a particular mineral?  The following sites are excellent resources for finding answers.

Here's a link to a rock shop in Keystone, South Dakota 
that has an extensive selection of rocks, gems and minerals.  

• There is a gem and mineral club near you, click here to find it.

• Try fortcollinsrockhounds.org if you happen to be looking in our neck of the woods.

• The ColoradoRocks.org is the Contin-Tail website.  They are about preserving Colorado's rockhounding past and future.

• The Rock & Gem Magazine is a wonderful source for articles on rockhounding, projects to create, show dates, field trips, suppliers of equipment, stones and more.

• The Rockhounds.com website is another amazing resource for the rock lover, it's actually Bob's Rock Shop.

• The Gems, Rocks and Minerals site is a world wide information trading site.

• Mineralogy Database is very informative and has some very cool 3D crystal images.

• Mindat.org is said to be the largest mineral database and mineralogical reference website on the internet.

• Answers.com has a wealth of information from a variety of sources, actually you can find answers to more than just rocks there.

Are you curious about what your state fossil is?  If it has one, you can find it here. 

The Colorado state fossil is the Stegosaurus. 
A plant eater that had large, triangular plates along its back and a heavy, spiked tail.

Other Colorado symbols are:

State Bird - Lark bunting

State Animal - Big Horn Sheep

  State Tree - Colorado Blue Spruce    

State Flower - Rocky Mountain Columbine

• For more interesting facts on Colorado, go to this Enchanted Learning website, it has some great educational fun stuff as well.

• The Colorado State Archives Symbols & Emblems is an official website for the state and is loaded with information.

• Another Colorado fact-filled site is at 50states.com, which has information from Ancestry to Zoo, seriously.

To learn more about Estes Park, Colorado or the Rocky Mountain National Park,
check out these links, but remember to come back:

• The eWelcome Center for Estes Park - www.estes-park.com
• The Estes Park On-Line website - estes.on-line.com
• Estes Park On Line Shopping - www.shopestes.com 
• The Rocky Mountain Adventure Channel - tourestes.com/rmac
• Town of Estes Park, Colorado - www.estespark.us
• Estes Park Lodging, Restaurant and Shopping Guide - www.estespark.us
• Estes Park Resorts, Hotels, Vacation Planning and more - www.estesparkresort.com
• Rocky Mountain National Park Hotels - www.rockymountainnationalparkhotels.com
• Estes Park Central Vacation Rentals & Property Management - www.estesparkcentral.com
• The Estes Park Colorado Info Site - www.estespark-colorado.com
• Welcome to Estes Park website - estesparkco.com
• Estes Park Tramway - www.estestram.com

• Estes Park News, Hometown, Community Newspaper - www.estesparknews.com
• Estes Park Trail-Gazette - www.eptrail.com

• Rocky Mountain National Park, U.S. Park Service website - www.nps.gov/romo
• The Rocky Mountain National Park Complete Guide - www.rmnp.com
• Rocky Mountain National Park Homepage - rockymountainnationalpark.com
• Rocky Mountain National Park page with lots of info - www.rocky.mountain.national-park.com

For information covering all of Colorado click here - www.colorado.com

Here's a link to our friend's very cool rock shop in Keystone, South Dakota   

You can find select creations from these local artists exclusively
at the Red Rose Rock Shop and on their website

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Last Update: 17 May 2009