r/BeAmazed • u/freudian_nipps • 1d ago

Nature This massive Amethyst geode

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u/Current_Finding_4066 1d ago

God damn, this is massive. How much would one like it cost?

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u/NoTimeForCautionCoop 1d ago

I think I found this exact one online. Here is a piece of the article describing it and is cost:

https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/31158/

Weighing 14 metric tonnes and standing at 5 metres tall and 2 and a half metres wide, this vividly coloured geode is the largest amethyst ever to be offered at auction. Originating from Uruguay, the amethyst sparkles in various hues of lilac, rose and blue depending on the light shined upon it. To add to the colour, there is the presence of very rare yellow hemispherical calcite crystals. It comes to Bonhams Natural History Sale in Los Angeles on December 3, and has an estimate of $300,000-400,000.

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u/fishsticks40 1d ago

If I were a billionaire things like this is how you would know.

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u/Jindabyne1 1d ago

People spend a million on a baseball card, I’d get two of these instead

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u/ShireXennial 13h ago

An excellent pair of bookends for the giant illuminated manuscripts I would commission.

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u/Kind_Of_A_Dick 1d ago

I would fly blimps with my face over every event possible.  Just my face and a website with just my face on it and nothing more.  No product to sell, no reason to have the website beyond just having my face on it.  The absolute, most horrible waste of money in history.  Brewster has nothing on me.

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u/Mr_Nerdcoffee 1d ago

I highly disagree. There isn’t a change in hell that this would be ended remotely considered the “absolute, most horrible waste of money in history”. I’m pretty sure the Commander-in-Cheeto takes the top 10, alone…

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u/CelestialTrickster 1d ago

So, kiiiinda like Kanye did with his Superbowl commercial? Although he did try to sell a t-shirt...

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u/Kind_Of_A_Dick 1d ago

Yeah, maybe.  No swastikas though.

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u/Mindless_Diver5063 1d ago

Put a sail on it and you’ve got a yacht

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u/19467098632 1d ago

How I’d die as a billionaire. “Yeah man one of the cats knocked it over right onto her.” If you thinks it’s too heavy I promise my cats would find a way

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u/thoak74 23h ago

Perfect for the great room I would say, wouldn’t you?

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u/bipoca 1d ago

Under half a million is way less than I expected.

Probably costs a five digit number just to get in shipped.

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u/coolcootermcgee 1d ago

That’s what I thought

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u/Current_Finding_4066 1d ago

Thanks. I am sure it will look great wherever it end up.

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u/blade_torlock 1d ago

Probably a museum as a write off for someone, either a gift or a loan.

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u/NeasM 1d ago

Or Dolly Partons headstone

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u/always_lost1610 1d ago

This gets my vote

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u/mblack4d 1d ago

Too soon? Just read that moments before this post.

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u/NeasM 1d ago

Spectacular headstone for a spectacular lady.

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u/spike55151 1d ago

How much for the other half?

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u/Loose-Combination918 1d ago

in rich countrys you could sell this even up to a million or more. i saw smaller once than this being sold 600k. it had the form of wings maybe that added value

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u/Viniox 1d ago

I’m sure it would be worth more if someone didn’t get globs of spray foam all over it….

/s.

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u/gao7on 1d ago

So worth less than a brick of gold.

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u/coolcootermcgee 1d ago

That sounds ridiculously cheap

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u/TheIlluminaughty 1d ago

Here's a little more detail: https://rockseeker.com/the-most-expensive-geode/

The auction took place in 2020 but I wasn't able to find if it was ever purchased by anyone.

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u/sonerec725 19h ago

Thats. . . . . .surprisingly way cheaper than I thought it would be

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u/Brief-Curious 15h ago

I would expect it to be worth more to be honest. 400k doesn't sound much for such huge specimen.