Geodes rockhounding sites

Where to find geodes near you — Keokuk / Warsaw Formation crystals, Utah Dugway BLM beds, Indiana limestone, Tennessee plateau nodules, and more hollow quartz-lined collecting sites.

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GeodeKY

Adair County

Adair County is a documented mineral occurrence near KY. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Alexandria & Wayland

Alexandria & Wayland is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include St. Francisville Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Alum Mountain

Alum Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near NM. Reported specimens include Geodes, Carnelian. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew Mexico

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GeodeID

Antelope Creek Area

Antelope Creek area is a documented mineral occurrence near ID. Reported specimens include Geodes, Quartz, Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesIdaho

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Rhodonite nodulesCA

Area Stream Beds (rhodonite Nodules)

Area Stream Beds (Rhodonite nodules) is a documented mineral occurrence near CA. Reported specimens include Rhodonite nodules. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesCalifornia

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Arnold

Arnold is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Geodes, dolomite, marcasite, pyrite, sphalerite, calcite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMissouri

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Beanblossom

Beanblossom is a documented mineral occurrence near IN. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesIndiana

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GeodeMT

Bear Canyon

Bear Canyon is a documented mineral occurrence near MT. Reported specimens include Geodes, Agate. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeIN

Bedford

Bedford is a documented mineral occurrence near IN. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeIL

Bensenville Dolomite Geodes

Chicago area dolomite quarries historically produced small quartz geodes; remaining access is limited to creek exposures west of the city.

Fee variesElmhurst

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GeodeIA

Bentonsport

Bentonsport is a documented mineral occurrence near IA. Reported specimens include Keokuk geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeKY

Berea

Berea is a documented mineral occurrence near KY. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeID

Big Lost River

Big Lost River is a documented mineral occurrence near ID. Reported specimens include Geodes, Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Bonner Springs

Bonner Springs is a documented mineral occurrence near KS. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Box Elder Canyon

Box Elder Canyon is a documented mineral occurrence near WY. Reported specimens include Geodes, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesWyoming

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GeodeIA

Brandon

Brandon is a documented mineral occurrence near IA. Reported specimens include Geodes, Fossils. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Celestite concretionsCA

Bristol Dry Lake

Bristol Dry Lake is a documented mineral occurrence near CA. Reported specimens include Celestite concretions. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeIN

Brown County State Park

Brown County State Park is a documented mineral occurrence near IN. Reported specimens include Geodes, marcasite, aragonite, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesIndiana

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CelestiteNY

Cazenovia & Chittenango

Cazenovia & Chittenango is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Celestite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNew York

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Central

Central is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeIA

Chapin

Chapin is a documented mineral occurrence near IA. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeKY

Creekside Geode Lane County

Eastern Kentucky limestone formations in the Big Sandy River valley occasionally yield small quartz geodes in creek gravels.

Fee variesPaintsville

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Crystal Cave

Crystal Cave is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Geodes, Quartz crystals, Gemstones. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Crystal Glen Creek — geode rockhounding site near Illinois, IL

GeodeIL

Crystal Glen Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near IL. Reported specimens include Geodes, Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Goethite, Pyrite, Quartz, Selenite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeTN

Cumberland Plateau Geode Beds

Limestone and shale units on the Cumberland Plateau contain hollow geodes with quartz and calcite crystals in road cuts and streams.

Fee variesLivingston

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Dallas City

Dallas City is a documented mineral occurrence near IL. Reported specimens include Geodes, Calcite, Malachite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeIA

Donnellson

Donnellson is a documented mineral occurrence near IA. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeUT

Dugway Geode Beds

Expansive BLM desert west of Salt Lake City where nodules of quartz and chalcedony geodes can be found by surface searching and shallow digging.

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GeodeFL

Dunedin

Dunedin is a documented mineral occurrence near FL. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeIA

Eldora

Eldora is a documented mineral occurrence near IA. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeKY

Elizabethtown

Elizabethtown is a documented mineral occurrence near KY. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Ellensburg

Ellensburg is a documented mineral occurrence near WA. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Erie

Erie is a documented mineral occurrence near IN. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeCA

Escondido Canyon

Escondido Canyon is a documented mineral occurrence near CA. Reported specimens include Amethyst Geodes, Banded Agate, Moss Agate, Bloodstone. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Estabrook Park

Estabrook Park is a documented mineral occurrence near WI. Reported specimens include Geodes, Millerite crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeMO

Fabius River

Fabius River is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Geodes, calcite, malachite, pyrite, quartz, sphalerite, aragonite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeIN

Fairfax State Recreation Area Geodes

Monroe County limestone quarries and creeks near Bloomington historically produced geodes in the Harrodsburg Limestone.

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GeodeIA

Farmington

Farmington is a documented mineral occurrence near IA. Reported specimens include Keokuk geodes, Coral. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeIA

Farmington (geodes)

Farmington (geodes) is a documented mineral occurrence near IA. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeKS

Florence

Florence is a documented mineral occurrence near KS. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeNY

Fowler

Fowler is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Geodes, Hematite, Barite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeMO

Fox City

Fox City is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Geodes, Calcite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Septarian nodulesKS

Freemount

Freemount is a documented mineral occurrence near KS. Reported specimens include Septarian nodules. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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General Area (near Jackpot, Nv Border)

General Area (near Jackpot, NV border) is a documented mineral occurrence near ID. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeKY

Glasgow

Glasgow is a documented mineral occurrence near KY. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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CelestiteOH

Green Island

Green Island is a documented mineral occurrence near OH. Reported specimens include Celestite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeKY

Green River

Green River is a documented mineral occurrence near KY. Reported specimens include Geodes, quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Grubb Lake And Mud Lake

Grubb Lake and Mud Lake is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Geodes, Limonite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Hamilton (west)

Hamilton (west) is a documented mineral occurrence near IL. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Hamilton Quarry

Hamilton Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near IL. Reported specimens include Geodes, Pyrite, Calcite, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeNY

Hudson Valley Geodes

Limestone and dolomite exposures in Ulster County occasionally yield small quartz geodes in creek gravels of the Shawangunk foothills.

Fee variesNew Paltz

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Calcite NodulesMO

Jefferson County

Jefferson County is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Calcite Nodules, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Kahoka

Kahoka is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeKY

Kentucky Lake

Kentucky Lake is a documented mineral occurrence near KY. Reported specimens include Geodes, Jasper, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Keokuk

Keokuk is a documented mineral occurrence near IA. Reported specimens include Keokuk geodes, calcite, chalcedony, limonite, marcasite, pyrite, sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Keokuk Geode Beds

The world-famous Keokuk geode belt along the Des Moines River yields crystal-lined geodes up to several feet across in Warsaw Formation exposures.

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Keokuk Geode With Calcite

Keokuk Geode with Calcite is a documented rockhounding destination in IA. Collectors visit for quartz geodes, chalcedony, calcite and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.

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Flint NodulesOH

Lawrence County

Lawrence County is a documented mineral occurrence near OH. Reported specimens include Flint Nodules. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeIN

Lawrence County

Lawrence County is a documented mineral occurrence near IN. Reported specimens include Geodes, calcite, sphalerite, limonite, celestite, fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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CelestiteOH

Lime City

Lime City is a documented mineral occurrence near OH. Reported specimens include Celestite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeKY

Lincoln County

Lincoln County is a documented mineral occurrence near KY. Reported specimens include Geodes, Quartz, Celestite, Goethite, Fluorite, Pyrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Obsidian nodulesNV

Little High Rock Canyon

Little High Rock Canyon is a documented mineral occurrence near NV. Reported specimens include Obsidian nodules. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNevada

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CelestiteTX

Little Lucy Creek

Little Lucy Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near TX. Reported specimens include Celestite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeIA

Lowell

Lowell is a documented mineral occurrence near IA. Reported specimens include Keokuk geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeNM

Luna

Luna is a documented mineral occurrence near NM. Reported specimens include Geodes, Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeIL

Mckee Creek

McKee Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near IL. Reported specimens include Geodes, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesIllinois

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GeodeIL

Mississippi River (near Hamilton)

Mississippi River (near Hamilton) is a documented mineral occurrence near IL. Reported specimens include Geodes, Amethyst, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Nauvoo

Nauvoo is a documented mineral occurrence near IL. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeWA

Newaukum River Gravels

Newaukum River gravels is a documented mineral occurrence near WA. Reported specimens include Geodes, Nodules. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Newcastle

Newcastle is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeOH

Ohio Geode State Park Vicinity

Adams County streams in southern Ohio continue the geode belt with crystal-lined nodules in creek gravels and banks.

Fee variesWest Union

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Septarian nodulesUT

Orderville

Orderville is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Septarian nodules, Agate, Anhydrite, Geodes, Gypsum, Petrified wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Septarian nodulesKS

Osborne

Osborne is a documented mineral occurrence near KS. Reported specimens include Septarian nodules. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Flint NodulesOH

Perry County

Perry County is a documented mineral occurrence near OH. Reported specimens include Flint Nodules. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeID

Pole Creek

Pole Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near ID. Reported specimens include Geodes, Amethyst, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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CelestiteKS

Pony Creek

Pony Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near KS. Reported specimens include Celestite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeOR

Powder River

Powder River is a documented mineral occurrence near OR. Reported specimens include Chalcedony geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeWA

Red Top Mt. And Teanaway Ridge

Red Top Mt. and Teanaway Ridge is a documented mineral occurrence near WA. Reported specimens include Blue Agate Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeIA

Riverview Recreation Area

Riverview Recreation Area is a documented mineral occurrence near IA. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeKS

Rock Town

Rock Town is a documented mineral occurrence near KS. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Russellville

Russellville is a documented mineral occurrence near TN. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeIN

Salt Creek

Salt Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near IN. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeNM

Sapillo Creek

Sapillo Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near NM. Reported specimens include Geodes, Carnelian. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeKY

Scottsville

Scottsville is a documented mineral occurrence near KY. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeIA

Sheffield

Sheffield is a documented mineral occurrence near IA. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeNC

Shooting Creek

Shooting Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Hyalite Opal Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNorth Carolina

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GeodeUT

Simpson Springs

Simpson Springs is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Geodes, Nodules, Morganite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesUtah

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GeodeIA

Skunk River

Skunk River is a documented mineral occurrence near IA. Reported specimens include Geodes, Petrified coral, Limonite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeWV

Smoke Hole

Smoke Hole is a documented mineral occurrence near WV. Reported specimens include Geodes, Gypsum, Pyrite, Fossils. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesWest Virginia

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GeodeIL

Spillman Creek

Spillman Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near IL. Reported specimens include Geodes, Pyrite, Chalcedony, Sphalerite, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeMO

St. Francisville

St. Francisville is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Geodes, barite, calcite, fluorite, malachite, pyrite, quartz, sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMissouri

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GeodeNV

Star Peak

Star Peak is a documented mineral occurrence near NV. Reported specimens include Geodes, Nodules. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNevada

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GeodeMO

Ste. Genevieve Geode Belt

Eastern Missouri geode belt centers on Ste. Genevieve County where Warsaw Formation geodes occur in stream banks and fields.

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GeodeIA

Steamboat River

Steamboat River is a documented mineral occurrence near IA. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Septarian nodulesMO

Sugar Creek

Sugar Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Septarian nodules, Aragonite, Calcite, Celestite, Pyrite, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMissouri

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GeodeMS

Tishomingo State Park Geodes

Sandstone and limestone outcrops in Tishomingo State Park region of northeast Mississippi occasionally contain small geode nodules.

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Toledo

Toledo is a documented mineral occurrence near WA. Reported specimens include Geodes, Nodules. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeKY

Tomkinsville

Tomkinsville is a documented mineral occurrence near KY. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Tyson Creek

Tyson Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near IL. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeIA

Union

Union is a documented mineral occurrence near IA. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Upland

Upland is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Geodes, Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeKY

Vine Grove

Vine Grove is a documented mineral occurrence near KY. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeVA

Virginia Weslyan University

Virginia Weslyan University is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Clam Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesVirginia

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GeodeWA

Walker Valley Geode Site

Volcanic breccia near Walker Valley in the North Cascades foothills has produced quartz-lined geodes prized by local clubs.

Fee requiredMount Vernon

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Wallace County

Wallace County is a documented mineral occurrence near KS. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesKansas

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Walnut River

Walnut River is a documented mineral occurrence near KS. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeIN

Warsaw Formation Geode Belt

Northern Indiana extension of the Midwest geode belt continues Warsaw Formation exposures with quartz-lined nodules in streams.

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Waukesha County Geodes

Southeast Wisconsin dolomite formations occasionally yield small quartz geodes in area creek exposures and construction cuts.

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GeodeMO

Weber Quarry

Weber Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Geodes, fluorite, millerite, calcite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesMissouri

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CelestiteOH

Whitehouse

Whitehouse is a documented mineral occurrence near OH. Reported specimens include Celestite, Gypsum. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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GeodeCO

Wolf Creek Stream Bed

Wolf Creek Stream Bed is a documented mineral occurrence near CO. Reported specimens include Amethyst geodes, Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper, Moonstone. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Woodbury

Woodbury is a documented mineral occurrence near TN. Reported specimens include Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

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Yucca Mountain

Yucca Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near NV. Reported specimens include Geodes, Nodules. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.

Fee variesNevada

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