The worlds largest Amethyst Geode on display in the Crystal Caves, Atherton NQL

Opening times:

Week days 8.30 till 5.00 O'Clock
Sat. 8.30 till 4.00 O'Clock.
Sun. 8.30 till 4.00 O'Clock

Open 7 days a week
apart from......:

Fascinating Facets & The Crystal Caves are closed during February!

Also: New years day, Christmas day , Boxing day and Good Friday

ATTENTION:
Allow at least one hour to visit The underground Crystal Cave Museum...
That means you have to be here one hour prior to closing time

Entrance Fee:

Including free taking pictures of you with the biggest Amethyst geode in the world !
No extra charge

* $20.00 for adults,
$10.00 for children ( 5 -15)
Toddler FREE( up to 5 years)
Family tickets:
2 adult plus 2-3 children $ 55.00
Pensioners $ 15.00
Groups and excursions:
call 07 40 912 365
* $1.oo of every adult ticket goes to charity

 
The "Empress of Uruguay" - The worlds largest Amethyst Geode


'The Empress of Uruguay' worlds largest Amethyst Geode
The "Empress of Uruguay" is placed in a special room, complete with the rumbling sound of vulcanic action.

Soon we'll get even some "smoke" coming from the sides of The Empress.

Visitors from far and away are absolutely stunned when entering the room!
It will make "The Crystal Caves" underground adventure museum, with more than 600 other top quality crystallized mineral specimens and fossils one of the top 10 attractions of Queensland and Australia.

This Giant amethyst geode was offered to me first because I knew Carlos, one of the owners of the amethyst mine.

Weight is 2.7 tons.!
Standing tall at 3.27 meters!
Quality of amethyst is AA !

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The largest amethyst geode in the world was
found in December 2006
in the Galerias Santiños Mine in Uruguay
The mine where the geode was found

It took several months to excavate and prepare the geode.

The preparation was done in a special shed where a team of miners carefully opened the front of the geode by carefully removing pieces of amethyst to expose the inside. The sides of the geode are polished, showing some nice agate patterns.
Pieces of this largest geode in the world are still available.

The Empress was packed in a crate to fit in a special container.
It arrived safely in Atherton after a 2 month journey from Montevideo.
The Grand opening was on the15 th of Dec.2007, by the Minister for Tourism Queensland.

Magic ! - Look at the hand of the girl touching
the 'Empress of Uruguay' - no trick photo !
Magic of Crystals


find out more about how Geodes are formed

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The worlds largest Amethyst Geode at the Crystal Caves