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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alex is a senior associate editor at Discover. Before he joined the Discover team in 2019, he worked as a reporter for the Half Moon Bay Review and as a staff writer for Houston’s Texas Medical Center ...