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

 

Last updated: 01-19-12

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 "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: Ken V. - SlideShow-1 / SlideShow-2

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: 1.05, Malachite Secondaries: 1.1, Chalcopyrite Secondaries: 1.15, Aragonite Secondaries: 1.18, 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, Quartz Snowball: 2.3, White Chalcedony Band: 2.4, Marcasite/Goethite Secondaries: 2.5, Blue Rind: 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, and it's a work in progress that can change. 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 sub-category 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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