Worlds biggest Amethyst Geode - The 'Empress
of Uruguay' - Atherton Tablelands, Cairns
Situated
just an hour from the Cairns international Airport on the beautiful
Atherton Tablelands, The Crystal Caves offers an experience without
equal in Australia.
One of Australia's most spectacular private mineralogical collection
with over 600 specimens on display !
Worlds biggest Amethyst Geode - The Empress of Uruguay
You will stand in awe in front of The Empress.
At well over three metres tall (that's eleven feet) and
weighing two and a half tonnes, the size is certainly impressive
but it's the sheer beauty that makes people gasp when they first
see her. This is the Worlds biggest Amethyst Geode - The Empress
of Uruguay but the tens of thousands perfect, deep purple
Amethyst crystals that nature has formed naturally inside
truly amaze everyone who sees her. It is very unusual to see Amethyst
crystals of this quality - rated as being "AA Jewellery
Quality" - and together in their thousands they present
a truly dazzling sight. Many people spend long periods
of time just gazing and absorbing the sheer beauty of The Empress,
pondering the intricacies of nature.
Unlike typical museums, but like a great many of the pieces on
display in The Crystal Caves, visitors are welcome to touch,
feel and take photographs of The Empress.
How was she discovered? How did she get here? For more information on Worlds Biggest Geode - The Empress
of Uruguay, click here for "Empress
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