Mineral Park, in the north of the state, is a great place to find lots of different minerals. There is colorful fluorite here, and abundant gypsum and talc. In very dry areas gypsum occurs in a flower-like form called a “desert rose." You might be lucky enough to find some topaz here, and also pretty quartz crystals. Orange topaz is the traditional November birthstone.
If you head west from the recently remodeled visitor center you will find more talc and gypsum. Gypsum is used for a great variety of things, for example, in drywall, as a soil conditioner and fertilizer, for plaster, and even in making tofu! Fluorite comes in a wide range of colors, and has been called “the most colorful mineral in the world,” while gypsum is most frequently colorless or white. You may find large crystals of orthoclase feldspar, which, like gypsum, is generally found in pale colors. Here too, you may be lucky enough to find some topaz if you search carefully.
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