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Your one stop site for Keokuk Geodes

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Here you will be able to view and learn about Keokuk Geodes, one of nature's greatest mysteries.

 

Last updated: 07-29-10

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Mark Your Calendars for Geode Fest 2010 --> Geode Fest

 

 New Specimens Coming Week of September 6th --> Geodes for Sale 


**Sorry for the delays, but the ALL MY UNOPENED GEODES and KITS are SOLD OUT!! again until after Geode Fest.

 

 "Featured Geode Collections" 

This is an amazing opportunity to view the different types of geodes that have been collected or that can no longer be found. Enjoy.

Featured Collection #8: Coming this Fall.

Featured Collection #7: Darren C.

Featured Collection #6: Terry W. 

Featured Collection #5: K. Smith

Featured Collection #4: K. Stuekerjuergen 

Featured Collection #3: G. Pogue 

Featured Collection #2: K. Vaisvil

 Featured Collection #1: N. Woods

 

 

Keokuk Geode Rarity Chart

1: Most Rare . . . . . 10: Most Common

Black Calcite: 1.0, Red Quartz: 1.0, Malachite Secondaries: 1.1, Chalcopyrite Secondaries: 1.15, Iridescent Brown Calcite: 1.2, Pink Dogtooth: 1.3, Diamond Dewdrop: 1.4, Fossil Geodes: 1.5, Selenite Secondaries: 1.6, Huge Geode: 2, Oil Geode: 2.1, Barite Secondaries: 2.2,  Blue Rind Quartz: 2.3, Quartz Snowball: 2.4, White Chalcedony Band: 2.5, Marcasite/Goethite Secondaries: 2.6, Multi-chambered: 3.0, Chalcedony w/secondaries: 3.1, Hydo-Geodes: 3.2, Drusy Quartz: 3.3, Citrine Quartz: 4, Feffoan Dolomite Secondaries: 4.1, Multiple Secondaries: 4.2, Aragonite/Kaolinite Secondaries: 4.3, Smokey Quartz: 5, Quartz w/pyrite: 5, Calcite Secondaries: 5, Half Geode: 6, Chalcedony Geodes: 7, Quartz Geode: 9, Solid Geode: 10

*The above chart is based on information collected from 10+ years of geode collecting. If there are any geodes that have been found in the Keokuk area that are not mentioned above, or that can not be covered in a subcategory of the above, please let me know the Type and Rarity and I'll add it to the list. Thank you fellow geode collectors for helping make First Crack Geodes the best site online for Keokuk Geodes.

 

 

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