NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico lawmakers are trying to create an official state mineral. House Bill 411 would amend a law ...

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Every state in the United States has its own flag, flower, animal and song. (SOUNDBITE OF UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST'S "O FAIR NEW MEXICO") SIMON: "O Fair New Mexico." But New Mexico might soon become ...

House Bill 411 would amend a law covering other official state symbols, such as the official state bird and flower, and add Smithsonite as the official mineral of New Mexico.