Amethyst Geode

Ohio History

Purple Crystals

These beautiful purple crystals were also on display in the gift shop, except they had not been sliced into rings like the last pictures. In fact, this amethyst geode was still in its original form. Check out the bottom picture! The green "skin" on the outside is basalt, which formed a protective tube around the amazing amethyst crystals as they grew. You'd never guess there were such beautiful gems inside a drab green log like this, would you?

Amethyst Geode

This geode came from Brazil, and is really as big as it looks, measuring six and a half feet high and weighing almost 700 pounds. Now that's big! Also, according to the sign, it's worth $10,000 . . . and didn't seem to be for sale.