If you live in any type of urban area, you’d better spare yourself the unnecessary blood sweat and tears, as it’s highly unlikely you’ll find geodes in your backyard ( unless you’re lucky enough to live next door to some mineral obsessed neighbour, who happens to play hide and seek with rocks in the garden. What’s incredible is that some of the crystals inside the world record geode measure as wide as 18 inches across and weigh up to a staggering 300 pounds. Have a geode-breaking party or just enjoy discovering what's inside each of these natural whole geodes and adding them to your rock collection.

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Also when you find a rock that you suspect of being a geode, it is important to pick it up and check its weight. When the stone feels lighter than you’d suspect a regular stone of its size to weigh, then you’ve probably hit the geode jackpot! Every geode is unique, and could hold anything from clear, pure quartz crystals to rich purple amethyst crystals, or perhaps agate, chalcedony, or minerals like dolomite. Kids will love this delicious sugar crystal science experiment; edible science is a perfect way to engage curious learners!Each set contains authentic geodes that have never been opened yet so it is up to you to find out what amazing surprise awaits you on the inside! Also, most of these clubs are known to organize field trips which you could join to gather some useful experience as a newbie geode hunter ( and maybe make some great friends with a shared passion along the way as well! He is also a member of the Geological Society of America and the American Institute of Professional Geologists. jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":345,"bigWidth":728,"bigHeight":546,"licensing":"