Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Discovered in 1999 during mining operations in the Mina Rica (the ...

An abandoned mine in Spain hides a sparkling treasure – the world's largest geode, a natural crystal phenomenon that has stunned scientists. In abandoned silver mine in Pulpí, in Spain's south-eastern ...

Pulpí, Spain, Aug 4 (EFE).- The Pulpí Geode, the largest in Europe and second in the world, has opened to visitors 20 years after being discovered in southern Spain. The crystal cave is a major ...

Boulder, Colo., USA: The geode of Pulpí is an 11-meter hollow ovoid with crystal-paneled walls. It is like those familiar couplets of stone interiors covered with bright crystallites, but so large ...

Exploring the Pulpi Geode, the world's largest crystal cave in Spain, The Pulpí Geode in a gypsum mine in Pulpí, Spain is the world's largest geode, measuring 8 meters in length. Discovered in 1999, ...

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 ...