NORTH LIBERTY - Rock hunting as exciting as the Fourth of July? Yep says T.J. "Geode Guy" Ramsey who has three young children. "When I'm out in the backyard cracking open geodes they're right ...

If there were an award for Most Instagram-Worthy Nail Art Trend, geode nails would definitely be in the running. Rock-like on the outside but colorful and sparkly when cracked open, geodes contain ...

Iowa's Mysterious State Rock.” Geodes must be cracked open to reveal their inner beauty - an act attended with great anticipation by the cracker and onlookers, said TJ Ramsey of North Liberty ...

Thousands from near and far came out to the Gem and Mineral Showcase’s opening weekend, but there was one geode that was getting more attention than others. Among the rock-solid displays ...

“Many times, it looks like an old rock on the ground. You don’t know until you’ve broken it open. I’ve crunched a lot of ugly, old rocks open,” he said. Some of the shop’s geodes are ...

Geodes, crystals bursting out of a rocky shell, are commonly formed by bubbles trapped within magma or by organic matter trapped in sedimentary rock ... The cave has been open to visitors since ...