Have you always wanted to own your own large amethyst geode, but couldn’t afford to buy one? Now’s your chance! Come into Mineral World before April 30, 2010 and you can enter to win our draw for a beautiful large amethyst geode (retail value $1250).
There’s no purchase necessary, but you do have to be 18 years of age to enter. If you are the happy winner, you will be responsible for picking up your new geode or paying for any shipping costs.
For those of you not familiar with amethyst or geodes, here is a little more information:
Amethyst has been prized for its beauty and its legendary energies for thousands of years. Ancient Greeks believed that amethyst would prevent intoxication, calm anger, and relieve frustrated passion. It is the provinical stone of Ontario and is also found in chevron bands in Nova Scotia. The world’s major supplier is Brazil. It is the birthstone for February and the most valuable from of Quartz.
Geodes are formed when hot liquid rock (magma), rick in quartz, fills an empty hole (or vug) in the host rock. This host is relatively cool, so the geode hardens from the outside towards the middle, leaving solidifying rings rather like a retreating tide leaves lines in the sand. This process takes thousands of year. As each layer is deposited, different chemicals add different colours (Amethyst’s colour is due to cobalt). Because of shrinkage, a void may form in the geode’s centre, into which crystals can grow.






