Along the rocky coastal stretch of Big Sur in California there are number of spots where jade stone can be found. Some of the areas where one can look for jade are Willow Creek, Gem Cove, San Simeon, Jade Cove and Sand Dollar Beach. Finding jade here could be a challenging task as the stone is limited.

Nonfoliated. the texture of metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are not arranged in planes or bands.

Metamorphic textures

The protolith of gneiss may be an igneous rock, in this case it is called an orthogneiss. So, when hammered, gneiss behaves like a uniform homogenous rock. In this sense it is similar to igneous rocks like granite and gabbro and not similar to related metamorphic rocks like schist and phyllite which are foliated.

A quarter of the states produce the majority of the gemstones in the country. In decreasing order of production value, Idaho, Arizona, Oregon, California, Montana, Arkansas, Maine, Colorado, North Carolina, Nevada, Texas and Utah produced 90 percent of the U.S.’s natural gemstones last year, the USGS said.

blue agate

benitoite

Turquoise was designated the official gemstone of Arizona in 1974. It’s a blue-green, waxy-surfaced stone used for centuries in Southwest Indian Jewelry.

Garnet

Agate. Agate is the state gem of Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, and North Dakota. This makes it by far the most popular state gemstone (and ​state rock).

The States which have indicated an increase in the value of mineral production are Chhattisgarh (41.94%), Himachal Pradesh (41.81%), Bihar(32.77%), Odisha (31.64%), Karnataka(26.20%), Uttar Pradesh (9.95%) and Tripura (8.36%) during the year under review.

Minerals like limestone, mica, quartz, bauxite, China clay, felspar, granite, lead, iron ore, zinc are found in abundance in Bihar. But Bihar is not the richest State of India from the point of view of minerals.

List Top 10 poorest states in India.

• 10 poorest states in India.
• Chhattisgarh. Chhattisgarh is one of the poorest states in India.
• Jharkhand. Jharkhand is the second poorest state in India.
• Manipur. Manipur is the third poorest state in India, it was formed in 1972.
• Arunachal Pradesh.
• Bihar.
• Odisha.
• Assam.

Maharashtra has the highest GSDP among 33 Indian States and Union Territories. As of the FY 2018-19, Maharashtra contributes 13.88% of India’s GDP at current prices, followed by Tamil Nadu (8.59%) and the most populous state Uttar Pradesh (8.35%).

Body: Reasons for poor growth and social indices: Neglect in policy making: The region has a history of exploitation of its mineral wealth without giving due regard to harmful impacts on the environment and local people. The locals being poor and vulnerable have no say in high level decision making.

1. Initial incomes in the extractive region: if the region is poor, mineral wealth can help close any gap with the rest of the country; if it is relatively rich, it can widen the gap. 2. The difference between growth in the minerals sector and growth in the non- minerals sector.

Acording to some resources, the state of Chhattisgarh has large reserves of minerals and coal deposists. Odisha and Jharkhand are other states which are rich in minerals.

4.1. 2 Mineral Resources. China is a country rich with mineral resources. It has proven reserves, more or less, of all kinds of metallic mineral resources that have so far been discovered worldwide.