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Giant Amethyst Geode

Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals

American Museum of Natural History

 

"Millions of years ago, in present-day Uruguay, gas bubbles became trapped in magma as it hardened to rock; over time, these cavities morphed into amethyst-quartz-lined geodes"

-- New Yorker

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