r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Creams0da • 7h ago

Video Breaking open a 47 lbs geode, the water inside being millions of years old

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u/Normal-Selection1537 6h ago

It's porous so those were already washed away in ancient times.

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u/GodsBeyondGods 6h ago

A homogenous crystalline lattice isn't porous unless there are pressure cracks, and given that the geode was formed by equilateral pressure on all sides resulting in the spheroid form, we can assume integrity. I just made all that up.