[Rockhounds] Climb inside The World's Largest Geode

[tjokela at execulink.com]

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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