Post by Chertaceous on Jan 9, 2014 9:10:34 GMT -5
Th., 01/09/14 @ approx. 09:09a.m. E.S.T. (T.U.S.O.A.)
Folks of Dirty Rockhounds,
May You-All be quite well.
During 2012, then sixth-grader, Royce Black, adamantly spearheaded an effort to have celestine named as The Official State Mineral Of Pennsylvania. For a quick review of this mineral, please see >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestine_(mineral)<. Although Pennsylvania does have an Official State Fossil, the Phacops rana trilobite, Pennsylvania is one of only five states to not have an Official State Mineral or an Official State Rock/Stone or an Official State Gemstone. For a listing of the 50 states with their Official State Minerals, Official State Rocks/Stones, and Official State Gemstones, including color photos, please see >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_minerals,_rocks,_stones_and_gemstones<.
Royce's efforts were for not as the state legislature never approved the idea. The quest is not necessarily dead, though. Please see >http://www.nittanymineral.org/#celestine< and follow up on the hyperlinks given to see that this is indeed true. All of us are in a position to help re-ignite this quest, and one need not be from The Keystone State to participate. I ask that You-All contact Royce through his Facebook Page and let him know of your backing of his efforts; perhaps just such an influx of support will inspire him to continue this quest. A hyperlink to his Facebook Page is given at the website found via the last hyperlink given in this E-mail. Also, if there are any other ways that you can think of to encourage the Pennsylvania state government to take up and hopefully approve this issue, please do so.
Some of you are probably familiar with the book and/or film, The Celestine Prophecy. If there are indeed truths to be gleaned from this otherwise fictional story, this may well be such a situation in which the most basic of the insights are relevant.
If Pennsylvania were to choose an Official State Rock/Stone, the obvious choice would be anthracite (hard coal). Virtually ALL of The United States Of America's anthracite reserves are located within The Keystone State, and it is quite a substantial amount, to say the least. As for candidates for an Official Pennsylvania State Gemstone, there are several possibilities and it would require much research and consideration. For now, all efforts should be focused on what young Mr. Royce Black has begun.
I sincerely thank You-ALL for your time plus any and all help that you may provide :-) !
--Richard H. Entrekin
Huntingdon, PA.
Folks of Dirty Rockhounds,
May You-All be quite well.
During 2012, then sixth-grader, Royce Black, adamantly spearheaded an effort to have celestine named as The Official State Mineral Of Pennsylvania. For a quick review of this mineral, please see >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestine_(mineral)<. Although Pennsylvania does have an Official State Fossil, the Phacops rana trilobite, Pennsylvania is one of only five states to not have an Official State Mineral or an Official State Rock/Stone or an Official State Gemstone. For a listing of the 50 states with their Official State Minerals, Official State Rocks/Stones, and Official State Gemstones, including color photos, please see >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_minerals,_rocks,_stones_and_gemstones<.
Royce's efforts were for not as the state legislature never approved the idea. The quest is not necessarily dead, though. Please see >http://www.nittanymineral.org/#celestine< and follow up on the hyperlinks given to see that this is indeed true. All of us are in a position to help re-ignite this quest, and one need not be from The Keystone State to participate. I ask that You-All contact Royce through his Facebook Page and let him know of your backing of his efforts; perhaps just such an influx of support will inspire him to continue this quest. A hyperlink to his Facebook Page is given at the website found via the last hyperlink given in this E-mail. Also, if there are any other ways that you can think of to encourage the Pennsylvania state government to take up and hopefully approve this issue, please do so.
Some of you are probably familiar with the book and/or film, The Celestine Prophecy. If there are indeed truths to be gleaned from this otherwise fictional story, this may well be such a situation in which the most basic of the insights are relevant.
If Pennsylvania were to choose an Official State Rock/Stone, the obvious choice would be anthracite (hard coal). Virtually ALL of The United States Of America's anthracite reserves are located within The Keystone State, and it is quite a substantial amount, to say the least. As for candidates for an Official Pennsylvania State Gemstone, there are several possibilities and it would require much research and consideration. For now, all efforts should be focused on what young Mr. Royce Black has begun.
I sincerely thank You-ALL for your time plus any and all help that you may provide :-) !
--Richard H. Entrekin
Huntingdon, PA.