Hand holding a purple geode in a green garden - FotoHelin/Shutterstock This guide highlights accessible, legal locations where enthusiasts can safely hunt for geodes and geode-like formations and take ...

Iowa’s state rock is all over the state’s southeast corner, but to find one you need to know someone. “There’s tons of geodes over here, but nobody has opened it up to the public,” said Kirk ...

The geological history that led to the formation of giant crystals and a 36-foot geode has been revealed by scientists. By looking at the abandoned mine where the geode of Pulpí was found, they were ...

Geodes are irresistible. They fill display cases and museums everywhere. I’ve even got one on my desk at home: a smooth, brownish rock encasing milky lavender crystals. It’s hard to deny the allure of ...

Geode is a type of sedimentary and volcanic rock that is hollow, vaguely circular rock, in which masses of mineral matter (which may include crystals) are sequestered. The term 'Geodes' was derived ...

As the saying goes, “There’s gold in them thar hills.” The great thing about Utah is, not only is there gold out there (yes, really, although it’s not all that easy to find) but also geodes, topaz and ...

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 ...

Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz that has been used as a gemstone for many centuries and is a key economic resource in northern Uruguay. Geodes are hollow rock formations often with quartz ...

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 ...