[Rockhounds] Climb inside The World's Largest Geode

[Stephen Shimatzki]

Late to this, but...  Here is the Worlds largest Celestite Geode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=lNVfY8pKyTQ

Here in Ohio at Crystal Cave!

BTW, I have one of the crystals about the size of my palm from an OLD
collection. (66?)  apparently they would sell them out of the giftshop when
first clearing the passage into the cavern/geode. :)

-Steve

On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 11:35 AM <tjokela at execulink.com> wrote:

> I’d love to now why they keep calling it a geode, and why lie that it’s
> the biggest, then show a picture of the one on Mexico, which is much
> bigger...
>
> Tim Jokela Jr
> tjokela at execulink.com
>
> On 2019-10-18 19:52, Kreigh Tomaszewski wrote:
> > If you can figure out which one it is...
> >
> > The World's Largest Geode Formed When the Mediterranean Sea
> > Disappeared,
> > New Study Reveals
> > Most geodes can fit in the palm of your hand. The Pulpí Geode can fit
> > your
> > entire family inside it.
> >
> > In an abandoned mine in southern Spain, there is a room of pure
> > crystal.
> >
> > To get there, you'll have to descend deep into tunnels, climb a ladder
> > into
> > an inconspicuous hole in the rocks and squeeze through a jagged tube of
> > gypsum crystals barely wide enough for one person. If you make it that
> > far,
> > you'll be standing inside the world's largest geode: the Pulpí Geode, a
> > 390-cubic-foot (11 cubic meters) cavity about the size of a cement
> > mixer
> > drum, studded with crystals as clear as ice and sharp as spears on
> > every
> > surface.
> >
> > https://www.livescience.com/pulpi-geode-history-revealed.html
> > Crystal Cave - The World's Largest Geode
> > See celestine crystals up to 3 feet in width!
> >
> > Discovered by workers in 1897 while digging a well for the winery 40
> > feet
> > above, Crystal Cave is the world's largest geode. The walls of this
> > cave
> > are covered in strontium sulfate, a blueish mineral called celestite.
> > These
> > crystals range from 8 to 18 inches long. The original cave was much
> > smaller
> > than what appears today, as crystals were harvested and sold for the
> > manufacturing of fireworks.
> >
> > Owned and operated by Heineman Winery, Crystal Cave helped save the
> > family-run winery from demise during Prohibition. Tours of the cave
> > helped
> > pay the bills, while other wineries on the island closed.
> >
> > http://www.heinemanswinery.com/crystalcave.asp
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