The Pulpí Geode (Spanish: Geoda de Pulpí) is a giant geode found in Spain near the town of Pulpí (Province of Almería) in December 1999, [1] [2] by Javier Garcia-Guinea of the Grupo Mineralogista de Madrid.

2019年10月18日 · Most geodes—hollow, crystal-lined rocks—can fit in the palm of your hand. But the giant Pulpí Geode, which is about half the size of a small bedroom, fills part of an abandoned mine in southeastern Spain. Now, researchers have analyzed some of its crystals to figure out its age—and how this real-life Fortress of Solitude came to be so big.

2023年9月5日 · The inside of the geode is about 35 feet in diameter at its widest point, is 12,000 to 16,000 years old and is made of almost pure celestite. Some to the largest crystals are as large as three feet long!

2019年10月18日 · If you make it that far, you'll be standing inside the world's largest geode: the Pulpí Geode, a 390-cubic-foot (11 cubic meters) cavity about the size of a cement mixer drum, studded with...

2023年1月2日 · How do giant geodes get so big? A geode that's palm-sized is a pretty decent geode. But how about one that can hold several people in its crystal-lined cavity?

2019年11月2日 · A researcher stands inside the Pulpí geode, the largest documented geode in the world, located at a depth of about 150 feet (50 meters) in a former silver mine in southeast Spain. Image via...

The Pulpí Geode is a giant, hollow rock formation filled with stunning gypsum crystals, some reaching up to 2 meters in length! It's one of the largest documented geodes in the world, boasting a volume of over 10 cubic meters and measuring roughly 8 meters long, 2 meters high, and 1.8 meters wide.

2017年1月11日 · Named The Empress of Uruguay, this is the largest Amethyst Geode in the world. Standing a staggering 3.27 meters tall, the geode weighs 2.5 tonne! Each of the thousands of perfect crystals was formed inside the geode exactly as …

2024年5月8日 · Dive into the captivating world of giant crystals with our exploration of the Pulpí Geode in southern Spain. Uncover the geological mysteries behind

2019年10月28日 · A recent study in Geology proposed that a slow and steady process grew the meter-sized gypsum crystals inside the giant geode of Pulpí. Temperature fluctuations from thousands of years ago...