In a recent article in Miner Deposita, researchers presented a comprehensive study of the amethyst and agate geodes in the Los Catalanes Gemmological District of Northern Uruguay. This region is ...

Amethyst is one of the most abundant crystals in the world, but the most prized pieces can cost almost a million dollars. Some of the world's largest amethyst geodes come out of Artigas, Uruguay. The ...

There's something distinctly mysterious and cool about geodes... rocks hidden in plain sight that contain a astonishing array of crystals within, just waiting to be discovered. There are a lot of ...

Göttingen University researcher Fiorella Arduin Rode working in open pit mine of the study area, Los Catalanes mining district, northern Uruguay. Along with Ametista do Sul in southern Brazil, these ...

Minecraft Amethyst Shards can be mined from Amethyst Geodes, the massive chunks of basalt found buried underground. Amethyst Geodes may look like ordinary stone from the outside, but they're full of ...