1.14Lb Geode Rattler Large Whole Unopened Natural Kentucky Quartz Rock Crystal

1.14Lb Geode Rattler Large Whole Unopened Natural Kentucky Quartz Rock Crystal (image 3/[null, null, null, null])

1.14Lb Geode Rattler Large Whole Unopened Natural Kentucky Quartz Rock Crystal (image 4/[null, null, null, null])

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- To see more geodes, agates, and fossils browse through our eBay store, like us on Facebook and visit LidaAsteria for more information.- To help expand the geographic diversity of your collection, we offer geodes, agates, fossils, and mineral specimens that we have self-collected exclusively from the State of Kentucky. Our geodes are natural unaltered formations that have come from various locations in Kentucky. Each location offers a unique particularity. All of the geodes that we sell have gone through a detailed cleaning process. Instructions on cleaning the inside of geodes are provided in every package that contains a whole geode. Some whole geodes may still require additional cleaning once opened. Opened geodes or collected open geodes are ready for display.If you have questions, please ask. We are Rockhounders "amateur geologist" and do our best to describe our specimens with accuracy. Some of our geodes have multiple minerals in them which may or may not be listed in the description. Pictures on the listing provide the best description.We enjoy looking at them through a jeweler's loupe to see all the hidden treasures and encourage you to do the same. We do have available 30X 60X LED magnifying loupes if you would like one added to your order for 6.00.!Q&A Frequently ask questions.What is a geode and what to expect from a Kentucky Geode?Kentucky Geodes are spherical or oblong rocks filled or partially filled with minerals. When a geode is broken, the minerals inside are revealed. Most geodes are completely filled with minerals, most often quartz. The quartz can be massive, crystalline, or layered, which is a variety called agate. Hollow geodes have an outer shell or rind of quartz, most often the variety chalcedony. The chalcedony often has a bumpy or lumpy appearance from the outside. But the bumpy appearance is no assurance that the inside of the spherical rock will be hollow. The interior of hollow geodes are filled with mineral crystals, which grow inward from the rind into the hollow space inside the geode. Most often, geodes found in Kentucky are lined with quartz crystals. Less commonly, calcite or dolomite crystals are found on the inside, either alone or associated with bitumen, barite, baryte, kaolinite, millerite, smithsonite, galena, fluorite, quartz, limonite, sphalerite, pyrite, selenite, or celestite, ect.. Several cryptocrystalline (microscopic crystals) varieties of quartz occur in Kentucky. They are commonly recognized on the basis of their fibrous texture and granularity. The fibrous varieties include chalcedony, agate, onyx, and jasper, and granular varieties include chert and flint. Geodes from the Lida Asteria Collection are from the "Knobs region" of Kentucky to include counties, Lincoln, Casey, Boyle, Garrard, Woodford, Rockcastle, Estill and Jackson. They have been collected from Rivers, streams, road cuts, quarries, fields and hillsides. We cannot guarantee the minerals or the quality of minerals found in the unopened geodes. These Geodes were made by nature and each one has its own uniqueness and was formed just as they were meant to.We do our best to pick geodes that have "potential". Some are solid quartz crystal, some are microcrystalline quartz chalcedony agate and some have hollow cavities or a combination of them all. We have cracked open ones we thought were hollow and they ended up solid; ones we thought were solid that ended up hollow and some we thought were going to be pristine and it ended up spending a week or more in the cleaning process. No one knows what is inside a whole geode until it is opened :)What is a "rattler" geode?A rattler can have a couple of scenarios, first off there is a hollow cavity in the geode and something is making a noise when the geode is shaken. It will sound like a tinging, a shaking, or a swishing sound. This rattle could be dislodged quartz crystals, decomposed secondary minerals, water (an H2O geode) or sometimes a mud ball where the elements have seeped i... read more

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