Meaning & use

geode

noun·Academic

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A hollow rock lined with crystals or mineral matter on the inside.

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When they cracked open the geode, sparkling purple crystals lined its inside.

The museum displayed a giant geode filled with quartz crystals.

A note on using this word

Geodes often look like ordinary rocks on the outside, which is part of what makes cracking one open so surprising.

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