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State Symbols

The official state symbols represent the cultural heritage and natural treasures of each state or the entire United States

South Carolina Symbols

South Carolina State Stone

Blue Granite

Adopted in 1969.

The General Assembly by Act No. 345 of 1969, adopted the Blue Granite as the official stone of the State. The Act stated that "the blue granite stone of this State has been widely used to beautify all areas of South Carolina.

South Carolina 2002 Code of Laws
SECTION 1-1-620. Official State stone.
Blue granite is the official stone of the State.

Among the most popular, the hardest, and the oldest of geosymbols, granite is an official symbol of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, North Carolina, South Carolina, Vermont, and Wisconsin.

Granite is an igneous rock, which means that at one time during it's development, it was melted like volcanic lava.

Unlike molten lava however, it was unable to escape to the surface. It remained trapped, below ground where it slowly cooled and crystallized, resulting in a very uniform speckled stone that can range in colors from black and grey, to pink and blue, brown and red.

State Symbols

State symbols represent things that are special to a particular state.

symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun

Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century

1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.