Back from three busy days digging rocks out of the ground at Geode Fest 2012 in Hamilton, MO. 

Sore and bruised, but four buckets of geodes richer! Pictures of mine (once we get a chance to crack them) over at earthshaped. 

earthshaped:

#1 Unknown crystal encrusted fossil shell - horn coral?

#2 Loess baby 

#3 Chert lens with limonite concretions

#4 Petrified wood 

All found in and around Columbia, MO - everything save the loess baby found in creeks. The loess baby was found in loess and glacial till deposits north of Columbia, MO.