As summer days are in full swing, Oklahomans are taking part in adventures across the state. For all you that nerd out over that cool rock you found, and we say nerd out in the most loving way ...

Rose Rock is the official State Rock of Oklahoma, approved by the State Legislature in 1968. It is a pinkish, rose-shaped rock. Rose rock is an aggregate of barite, a barium sulfate mineral, and sand.

NOBLE -- Deep in the red earth, the petals of a solid rose poked through a clump of Oklahoma sandstone. Tom Redwine used a butter knife to cut the little formation out of a hole in the ground. He ...