TUCSON, Ariz.-- 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 ...

In 2019, Michal Mael brought a massive geode to the Kino Gem Show. It weighed thousands of pounds and had a heavy door attached — for everyone who has ever dreamed of being encapsulated by amethyst.

Since at least December 2017, a photograph of an impressively tall geode has bounced around the blogophere, almost always credited to a company called Nowar Minerals Inc. and accompanied by the ...

Discovered in 1999 during mining operations in the Mina Rica (the Rich Mine) in Almeria, southeast Spain, the crystal geode of Pulpí hosts among the most beautiful crystals ever discovered. Even if ...

Boulder, Colo., USA: The geode of Pulpí is an 11-meter hollow ovoid with crystal-paneled walls. It is like those familiar couplets of stone interiors covered with bright crystallites, but so large ...

Any geode might make us wonder: What geologic forces form these hollows lined with crystals? But the Pulpí Geode, discovered in an abandoned Spanish mine, takes wonder to a different scale. One of the ...

The development of plans for a large geode was clearly the most challenging assignment for McNamara Alumni Center's structural engineers, Minneapolis-based Meyer, Borgman and Johnson (MBJ). The ...