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The thunderegg, a nodule-like geological structure, similar to a geode, that is formed within a rhyolitic lava flow, were said by the Native Americans of Warm Springs to have been created by thunder spirits that lived in the craters of Mount Hood and Mount Jefferson. [83] [84]
Jasper geode, from Green Mountain near Kalama. You are expected to know the regulations for rockhounding in a specific area before arriving. It will be prohibited in some areas and motorized ...
The world's largest known geode, a celestine geode 35 feet (11 m) in diameter at its widest point, is located near the village of Put-in-Bay, Ohio, on South Bass Island in Lake Erie. The geode has been converted into a viewing cave, Crystal Cave, with the crystals which once composed the floor of the geode removed. The geode has celestine ...
The Empress of Uruguay is the world's largest amethyst geode, standing at a height of 3.27 meters. It is open along its length and weighs 2.5 tons in its current state. It was discovered in 2007 in the Artigas department, Uruguay by the Uruguayan mining company Le Stage Minerals.
The geodes containing the Bristol Diamonds are frequently found in this conglomerate, in the areas of Bridge Valley Road, Leigh Woods, Sea Mills and St Vincent's Rocks. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The geodes were formed from quartz, either megaquartz or fibrous quartz, the diamonds themselves resulting from the dissolution of nodules of anhydrite leaving ...
A geode (/ ˈ dʒ iː. oʊ d /; from Ancient Greek γεώδης (geṓdēs) ' earthlike ') is a geological secondary formation within sedimentary and volcanic rocks. Geodes are hollow, vaguely spherical rocks, in which masses of mineral matter (which may include crystals) are secluded.