Is There A Good Place To Find Geodes In Tennessee?
Not with a bulldozer and backhoe. Basic rock hunting.
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Not with a bulldozer and backhoe. Basic rock hunting.
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January 11th, 2010 at 12:57 am
well if you are looking for limestone go to Limestone, Tennessee. Trust me there is a real place. i live about 50 mins from there. it is near greeneville tennessee. if you are going to look up greeneville make sure you put in the extra e after greene
anyway there are huge limestone caves there. some of them are so nice! however limestone, tennessee is in the far east so if you live more west than knoxville then i suggest you fly.
plus if you cae for more than rocks some history is found in limestone and greeneville. limestone is david crocket’s birthplace and greeneville is the home of nathaniel greene and president andrew johnson
seriously this area is beautiful so you should come and visit
now i feel like i am advertising! LOL
January 11th, 2010 at 2:26 am
http://www.geodegallery.com/
January 11th, 2010 at 7:35 am
anywhere near a volcano
January 11th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
This is a list of where geodes can be found in the U.S.A. it may not be all inclusive but its all I can find.
USA
Indiana, Harrodsburg
quartz, calcite, barite
Indiana, Washington Co. near Salem Indiana
clear calcite crystals on pink-orange dolomite
thin walled
clear calcite crystals on white quartz
Iowa, Keokuk – Warsaw Strata
Keokuk geodes are from a 45 mile radius
borders Iowa, Illinois & Missouri
botryoidal chalcedony with calcite cubes
blue & green chalcedony
pink calcite crystals
sphalerite
quartz iron – cheery orange, quartz oxide – cherry red
dew drop diamond
pink dog-tooth
iridescent brown calcite
industrial (garden bed) geodes – usually solid all the way through
interior filled with milky coloured quartz
found in people’s garden’s
Kentucky, Dannville
banded agate lining with crystals
Kentucky, Hall’s Gap
world-famous locality noted for its millerite in small geodes
light pink amethyst
Kentucky, South Fork Creek
bumpy, brown round geodes in river bed
stepped calcite, spaghetti, smoky quartz, botryoidal chalcedony
orange-yellow solids, clear, white
Missouri, Alexandria
Sheffler Geode Mine – Keokuk Geodes
gray, smoth skinned round
clear quartz crystals
Mississippi River Valley
in limestone
Ohio River Valley
in limestone
Middle Tennessee – Dale Hollow Lake area
January 11th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Lorretto, Dale Hollow, Woodbury
January 11th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
I know that in NC there is tons of gems and gold in the Mt area the worlds biggest gem was found there in NC