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Geodes from Az
Apr 2nd, 2022 at 1:17am
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Got these 2 Geoeds in Holbrook Az.  One looks like a sugary crystal and was hollow. 2nd is solid with a slight purple hue to it. [img][s][
  

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Reply #1 - Apr 2nd, 2022 at 1:18am
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Here is white one
  

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Reply #2 - Apr 2nd, 2022 at 1:20am
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2nd solid geoed
  

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Reply #3 - Apr 2nd, 2022 at 6:26pm
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Nice!
  
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Re: Geodes from Az
Reply #4 - Apr 6th, 2022 at 9:22pm
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Thanks for the pictures, Trooperdee, but after considerable consternation they do pose a conundrum I hope will not cause too many sleepless nights, ie;
Can a Geode that's solid or doesn't have a cavity still be called a Geode?
Hmmm,  Huh
  
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Reply #5 - Apr 12th, 2022 at 5:12pm
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I did some research and found that when the hollow space gets completely filled by solid agate or crystals it ceases to be a geode and is now called a nodule. So indeed a hollow space must be present to be called a geode.
  

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Reply #6 - Apr 12th, 2022 at 9:03pm
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Or, in these parts, when it's entirely filled in with agate... a Thunderegg (not to add confusion).  Grin
  
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Re: Geodes from Az
Reply #7 - Apr 13th, 2022 at 10:03pm
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Good point there, dave.
As Scott has now clarified for us that a "Geode" does indeed need a cavity or hole in the middle of it to qualify as such, one would assume that Geodes that don't have cavities are 'duds',
but that ain't necessarily so.  Smiley
  
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Reply #8 - Apr 14th, 2022 at 12:18am
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But (still not trying to add any confusion, but probably failing) a crystal lined cavity with a void in the center isn't always a geode. It could be a crystal lined vug, which is a different critter altogether. Soooo.. I guess you could say that all geodes are, in a sense, vugs, but not all vugs are geodes. Wink
  
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Re: Geodes from Az
Reply #9 - May 2nd, 2022 at 2:43pm
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daves64 wrote on Apr 14th, 2022 at 12:18am:
But (still not trying to add any confusion, but probably failing) a crystal lined cavity with a void in the center isn't always a geode. It could be a crystal lined vug, which is a different critter altogether. Soooo.. I guess you could say that all geodes are, in a sense, vugs, but not all vugs are geodes. Wink


I pulled this info from Wikipedia  -  "Geodes can form in any cavity, but the term is usually reserved for more or less rounded formations in igneous and sedimentary rocks." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geode)

According to this it appears you can call any crystal lined cavity a geode. I know I may seem pedantic to keep trying to refining this, but I've always wondered specifically about this question. I have seen what looks exactly like a geode in the parent rock (no nodule) and had always felt that geode still described it. But as you know Wikipedia is not necessarily the definitive source of information so this could still be debatable. 
  

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