Serpentine Habitat 101: A Rare World in Our Backyard
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Most California residents know that the state flower is the California poppy and state animal is the grizzly bear—but do you know the state rock? It’s serpentine, a greenish, waxy rock that occurs where oceans once collided with continental plates and were exposed above the Earth’s mantle due to tectonic activity. Over time, the rock […]