Pikes Peak Pebble Pups

Pikes Peak Pebble Pups

Thursday, February 1, 2018

A Pebble Pup Geode

by
Jacob Kania

At our Pebble Pups meeting, we learned many things about geodes.  The geode I worked on was found in Dugway Utah.   I sawed it in half with a diamond tipped blade!  Inside was a cavity lined with the mineral quartz. The geode fluoresced green under an ultraviolet black light.  On the outside of the geode, an eye-shaped ridge occurred on the end of the broken geode.

View of a Dugway Geode. Quartz crystals line the cavity of the geode.
From the Jacob Kania collection. Image © by the author.


About the author: Jacob Kania is a member of the Pikes Peak Pebble Pups and is 8 years old. He attends the Lake George Charter School and is in 2nd grade.
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