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Cottonwood Creek Geodes
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Florence, KS US
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Location Type: Public Access
Details: The Earth Treasures book (volume 3) says that you can find well-formed quartz and calcite geodes (crystal lined) up to 7" in diameter up and downstream in cottonwood creek
Directions: Up and downstream in cottonwood creek in the Florence area.
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Reference Info: Eckert, Allan W. (2000). Earth Treasures Volume 3. iUniverse, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0595089598. p.125
Tags: crystals crystal geodes geode quartz calcite creek cottonwood florence kansas

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