Pierre, SD: South Dakota State Capitol Complex, Capitol Building, The Quartzite Border

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Pierre, SD: South Dakota State Capitol Complex, Capitol Building, First Ladies of South Dakota
Pierre, SD: South Dakota State Capitol Complex, Capitol Building, Capitol Centennial
Pierre, SD: South Dakota State Capitol Complex, Capitol Building, Plaque's and Relief's
Pierre, SD: South Dakota State Capitol Complex, Capitol Building, building interior
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Pierre, SD: South Dakota State Capitol Complex, Capitol Building, Centennial Bronze Statues
Pierre, SD: South Dakota State Capitol Complex, Capitol Building, flags
Pierre, SD: South Dakota State Capitol Complex, Capitol Building, William H. McMaster
Pierre, SD: South Dakota State Capitol Complex, Capitol Building, M. Q. Sharpe
Pierre, SD: South Dakota State Capitol Complex, Capitol Building, Ralph Herseth
Pierre, SD: South Dakota State Capitol Complex, Capitol Building, General W. H. H. Beadle
Pierre, SD: South Dakota State Capitol Complex, Capitol Building, Senate and House Chamber's
Pierre, SD: South Dakota State Capitol Complex, Signing of the Constitution
Pierre, SD: South Dakota State Capitol Complex, Fighting Stallions Memorial
Pierre, SD: South Dakota State Capitol Complex, Veterans Memorial's
Pierre, SD: South Dakota State Capitol Complex, Purple Heart Memorial
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Pierre, SD: South Dakota State Capitol Complex, Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
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Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Metamorphic Rock: Quartzite

On temporary display at the Sioux City Public Museum is the Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past exhibit.

This is part of the exhibit:

Previous articles in the series:

Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Fossils: Description

Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Fossils: Ammonites

Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Fossils: Cretaceous Period Fish

Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Fossils: Fossilized Fish

Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Fossils: Knightia

Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Fossils: Diplomystus

Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Fossils: Shark Tooth

Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Fossils: Dinosaur Coprolites

Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Fossils: Edmontosaurus

Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Fossils: Therizinosaurus

Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Fossils: Brontothere

Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Fossils: Wooly Mammoth

Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Fossils: Pleistocene Horse

Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Description

Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Actinolite

Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Beryl

Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Biotite

Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Charoite

Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Chrysocolla
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Chrysotile
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Clinohedrite and Willemite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Danburite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Emerald
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Esperite and Willemete
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Eucryptite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Eudialyte
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Feldspar
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Flint Nodule
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Garnet
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Hornblende
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Jade
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Lepidolite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Muscovite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Opal
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Phlogopite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Pyrophyllite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Quartz
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Ruby Zoisite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Serpentine
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Sodalite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Talc
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Tourmaline
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Vermiculite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Willemite and Calcite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Wollastonite and Calcite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Silicates: Youngite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Halides: Halides Description
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Halides: Halite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Halides: Fluorite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Phosphates: Description
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Phosphates: Apatite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Phosphates: Turquoise
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Phosphates: Variscite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfates: Description
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfates: Barite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfates: Barite (Desert Rose)
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfates: Gypsum (Satin Spar)
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfates: Gypsum (Selenite)
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfates: Linarite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfates: Selenite "Desert Rose"
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfides: Description
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfides: Acanthite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfides: Bornite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfides: Cassiterite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfides: Chalcopyrite (Copper Pyrite)
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfides: Cinnabar
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfides: Corundum
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfides: Covellite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfides: Cuprite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfides: Franklinite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfides: Galena
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfides: Goethite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfides: Hematite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfides: Jamesonite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfides: Magnetite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfides: Orpiment
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfides: Pyrite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfides: Pyrolusite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfides: Realgar
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfides: Sphalerite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfides: Tiger Iron
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfides: Wurtzite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Sulfides: Zincite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Oxides/Hydroxides: Description
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Native Elements: Description
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Oxides/Hydroxides, Native Elements: Diamond
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Oxides/Hydroxides, Native Elements: Float Copper
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Oxides/Hydroxides, Native Elements: Graphite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Oxides/Hydroxides, Native Elements: Native Copper
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Oxides/Hydroxides, Native Elements: Native Gold
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Oxides/Hydroxides, Native Elements: Native Silver
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Oxides/Hydroxides, Native Elements: Native Sulfur
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Radioactive Minerals: Description
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Radioactive Minerals: Autunite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Radioactive Minerals: Carnotite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Radioactive Minerals: Novacekite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Radioactive Minerals: Uranophane
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Agate: Description
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Agate
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Agate: Eye Slab
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Agate: Slice
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Agate: Laguna Agate
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Carbonates: Description
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Carbonates: Ankerite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Carbonates: Aragonite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Carbonates: Aurichalcite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Carbonates: Azurite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Carbonates: Banded Pink Calcite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Carbonates: Calcite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Carbonates: Calcite Rhombus
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Carbonates: Cerussite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Carbonates: Colemanite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Carbonates: Dolomite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Carbonates: Fluorescent Mineral Slab
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Carbonates: Howlite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Carbonates: Hydrozincite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Carbonates: Iceland Spar (Calcite)
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Carbonates: Kernite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Carbonates: Magnesite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Carbonates: Malachite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Carbonates: Pyrite-Encrusted Calcite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Carbonates: Rhodorchrosite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Carbonates: Sand Calcite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Carbonates: Siderite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Carbonates: Smithsonite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Carbonates: Ulexite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Carbonates: Watermelon Calcite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Geodes: Description
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Geodes: Calcite Geodes
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Geodes: Cathedral Geodes
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Geodes: Geode
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Geodes: Geode Egg
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Geodes: Okenite Geode
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Igneous Rock: Description
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Igneous Rock: Basalt
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Igneous Rock: Diabase (Dolerite)
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Igneous Rock: Diorite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Igneous Rock: Gabbro
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Igneous Rock: Granite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Igneous Rock: Granite Porphyry
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Igneous Rock: Kimberlite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Igneous Rock: Obsidian
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Igneous Rock: Perlite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Igneous Rock: Porphyry
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Igneous Rock: Rhyolite
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Igneous Rock: Rhyolite Pumice
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Igneous Rock: Scoria
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Metamorphic Rock: Description
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Metamorphic Rock: Biotite Gneiss
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Metamorphic Rock: Chlorite Schist
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Metamorphic Rock: Gneiss
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Metamorphic Rock: Hornblende Gneiss
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Metamorphic Rock: Lapis Lazuli
Nature's Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past - Metamorphic Rock: Marble