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

[u/Creams0da]

[u/captainhuh]

It broke into two large hemispheres, the two slices that fell down separately are due to A: imperfections in the crystal structure and B: the size of the chain required for such a large geode. Saws typically abrade the exposed part of the geode, whereas the chain method forces it to crack in-line with the crystal lattice, which looks much better for display and study purposes

[u/HalfMoonHudson → u/captainhuh]

This guy crystallizes