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Keokuk Geode Beds, Skunk River near Geode State Park

Crystal locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GeodesGeodes
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: W.carter (CC BY-SA 4.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Mississippian Warsaw Formation geodes

Geode is the Iowa state rock and the park is named for it, but you cannot collect within it.

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