Have you tried looking for geodes but never seem to have any luck? Let Naturalist Jess Lancial lead the way during one of our upcoming geode hunting excursions to Keokuk! The Family Geode Hunting ...

Crack open an unassuming stone, and you might just uncover a little conclave of crystals within. Their walls are glittering with quartz, amethyst, or calcite, protected by a hard shell that was shaped ...

The geodes are under the clay. At the Dugway Geode Beds there is an area with huge crater-like holes, big enough to walk into and all around in, created by some commercial companies using back hoes to ...

Iowa’s state rock is all over the state’s southeast corner, but to find one you need to know someone. “There’s tons of geodes over here, but nobody has opened it up to the public,” said Kirk ...

Recently my dear bride, the saintly Susan, and I stepped into the world of the 49ers and the desert rats who, in ages past, scoured the lonely places for precious minerals. I’m not suggesting we ...

“As a young kid, we used to go to the Mississippi over there and go fishing,” Mike Shumate recalled. “There’s always geodes laying on the bank of the river. You’d break them open and say, ‘Oh that’s ...