State gem: Turquoise
State fossil: Coelophysis dinosaur, which has been renamed the Rioarribasarus in honor of Rio Arriba County, where it was discovered.
State insect: The tarantula hawk wasp.
State slogan: Everybody is somebody in New Mexico
State cookie: Bizcochito
State poem: A Nuevo Mexico, written by Luis Tafoya in January 1911.
State question: "Red or green?" This is the standard question asked in restaurants, "Do you want red or green chile." If you want both, the answer is "Christmas."
State nickname: "Land of Enchantment," which was first noted in the title of a 1906 book on New Mexico by Lillian Whiting.
State capital: Santa Fe v
Nickname for Santa Fe: "The City Different"
State songs: O, Fair New Mexico was written by Elizabeth Garrett, the blind daughter of Sheriff Pat Garrett. It became the official state song in 1917. A Spanish version, Asi Es Nuevo Mexico, written by Amadeo Lucero, became the Spanish-language version of the song in 1971.
State ballad: Taos resident MIchael Martin Murphey wrote The Land of Enchantment, which became the state ballad in 1989.
