{"id":113,"date":"2014-07-17T14:38:58","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T18:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mineralmuseum.org\/?page_id=113"},"modified":"2019-11-04T18:46:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T23:46:43","slug":"geodes-bring-surprises","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mineralmuseum.org\/?page_id=113","title":{"rendered":"Geodes bring surprises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mineralmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Geode-Machine-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-351 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/mineralmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Geode-Machine-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mineralmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Geode-Machine-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mineralmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Geode-Machine-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mineralmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Geode-Machine-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mineralmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Geode-Machine-2-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The museum holds a large collection of geodes in its exhibition materials, including a beautiful amethyst specimen that stands several feet high.<\/p>\n<p>Geodes are one of nature&#8217;s great surprises. The museum maintains a supply of uncracked geodes that visitors can purchase and have cracked on site. Museum volunteers will crack the geode and identify the different crystals that can be found within each specimen.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-editing=\"1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mineralmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Geode-halves.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-339 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/mineralmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Geode-halves-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mineralmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Geode-halves-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mineralmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Geode-halves-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mineralmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Geode-halves-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mineralmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Geode-halves-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The museum holds a large collection of geodes in its exhibition materials, including a beautiful amethyst specimen that stands several feet high. Geodes are one of nature&#8217;s great surprises. The museum maintains a supply of uncracked geodes that visitors can &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mineralmuseum.org\/?page_id=113\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-113","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mineralmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mineralmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mineralmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mineralmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mineralmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/mineralmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":368,"href":"https:\/\/mineralmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113\/revisions\/368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mineralmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}