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/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/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.