J433 Retail hand-carved in Italy

hand-carved in Italy

Crystals slowly grow from minerals with filter into the geode

Pyrite Suns in matrix

it swells up to many times its original volume

18th century Italian gold leaf and painted candlestick decorated with a calcite crystal on an optical calcite base

J433 Retail hand-carved in ItalyGeode from the Keokuk, Iowa area containing a variety of minerals with a quartz druzy interior. It took around 240 million years to create the beautiful quartz crystals covering the interior walls of the Keokuk geode. The large number of mineral inclusions and the exquisite crystal groups that they form have made the Keokuk Geodes some of the most beautiful and sought after of all geodes by museums and collectors all over the world 11" wide x 7" deep