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     Lida Asteria

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Advanced Geode Collecting...What should I look for when I crack open my Kentucky geode? Click HERE.

Opening and Cleaning Geodes?...How should I open and clean my geode? Click HERE.

We are Lida Asteria Kentucky rockhounds. We offer geodes, agates, minerals and fossils.  We are prolific hunter-gatherers, and push ourselves to seek out new areas, and collect in remote locations to bring you the most unique specimens available.  All specimens are collected by us and  are exclusively from the state of Kentucky.  We mostly hunt in the central/eastern portion of the "knobs region" of Kentucky. The Borden formation in this area is known for producing beautiful geodes and agates..
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Kentucky Geodes

Geodes are spherical or oblong rocks filled or partially filled with minerals. When a geode is broken, the minerals inside are revealed. Most geodes are completely filled with minerals, most often quartz. The quartz can be massive, crystalline, or layered, which is a variety called agate.  Hollow geodes have an outer shell or rind of quartz, most often the variety chalcedony. The chalcedony often has a bumpy or lumpy appearance from the outside. But the bumpy appearance is no assurance that the inside of the spherical rock will be hollow. The interior of hollow geodes are filled with mineral crystals, which grow inward from the rind into the hollow space inside the geode. Most often, geodes found in Kentucky are lined with quartz crystals. Less commonly, calcite or dolomite crystals are found on the inside, either alone or associated with bitumen, barite, galena, fluorite, quartz, limonite, sphalerite, pyrite, selenite, or celestite. Several cryptocrystalline (microscopic crystals) varieties of quartz occur in Kentucky. They are commonly recognized on the basis of their fibrous texture and granularity. The fibrous varieties include chalcedony, agate, onyx, and jasper, and granular varieties include chert and flint
Kentucky Fossils

 

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