Cut Geode Pair w/ Hematite Crystal from Beipo Mine, China 45f6a5b026772063a20104afb0d1a947 Beginning as small bubbles of

Beginning as small bubbles of volcanic gasses in lava that hardened

Faden Quartz occurs when Quartz crystals grow in a fault zone

Opal has been a stone of myth and mysticism for thousands of years

They were first found in New York in shale and mudstone during the construction of the Erie Canal

Cut Geode Pair w/ Hematite Crystal from Beipo Mine, China 45f6a5b026772063a20104afb0d1a947 Beginning as small bubbles ofGeodes are spherical to free form shaped rocks which begin formation as a hollow bubble inside a layer of rock. The bubble could be formed in the lava of a volcano or it could come from the hollow remains of animal burrows or tree roots. As an animal moves out of its burrow or a tree root dies, there remains a cavity surrounded by sediment hundreds of feet thick. The pressure of the sediment eventually causes the sediment around the void to turn into