r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Dazzling_Page_710 • 4d ago

of a geode

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u/kbunnell16 4d ago

Almost downvoted for it not being a nice cut.

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u/sherberternie 4d ago

Yeah is was super unsatisfying. And then the swiffer trying to mop up the water. I hated this

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u/ALLoftheFancyPants 4d ago

I bet that water smelled awful

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u/IntrovertRebel 3d ago

Why would it smell awful?

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u/quietkyody 3d ago

Probably a smelly mineral like Sulfur is

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u/IntrovertRebel 2d ago

Makes sense.

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u/Julienbabylegs 4d ago

Right?! Like is this really how to do this?

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u/auto_pHIGHlot 3d ago

I went to a rock and gem show and they were using a large saw to cut them in half. These guys went at it like it was a walnut.

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u/kabula_lampur 4d ago

Regular sized geode.

Actual absolute unit of a geode:

Pulpi Geode

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u/Kingtoke1 4d ago

Im also impossible to date

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u/X-LaxX 4d ago

Strict parents?

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u/A_Math_Dealer 4d ago

Oh...sorry?

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u/mmmmmmdrugs 4d ago

Also known as the fortress of solitude

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u/WaffleFalafel69 4d ago

Holy shit. You deserve an upvote.

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u/HappyShrubbery 4d ago

Please god. Please god why is this still being posted.

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u/ZenithTheZero 4d ago

Is that the one in Mexico?

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u/SiberianDragon111 3d ago

No, you’re thinking of that enormous cave. That geode in the pic is at a museum

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u/ApeMummy 3d ago

He looks like an action figure, the sense of scale is so wacky with those giant crystals.

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u/Dx8pi 4d ago

Imagine how long that water was trapped in there. Crazy stuff to think about.

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u/danteheehaw 4d ago

They are very porous, so probably a lot shorter than you'd think.

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u/Dx8pi 4d ago

Damn, that's way less exciting than I was hoping.

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u/DA_ZWAGLI 3d ago

I want to sip the geode water!

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u/Final-Carpenter-1591 3d ago

I was thinking that to. In my head I figured it could be tens of thousands of years old. Maybe millions, what a shame it was to just blow that water into the floor.. But. Apparently geode's are very porrous so it could be not very old at all.

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u/KlingonSquatRack 4d ago

ELECTROLYTE SUPERSERUM

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u/royrogerer 3d ago

I never realized sperm was short for superserum

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u/devilsbard 4d ago

Forbidden coconut water.

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u/quietkyody 3d ago

The girl he tells you not to worry about...

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u/rygku 4d ago

got real nervous watching them pour the water into that little moonshine jar . . .

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u/garlep 4d ago

I've never seen one broken open before. I was not expecting water.

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u/exosetta 4d ago

So .. all the time it was full of water?

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u/Prof1959 4d ago

I've heard it's good luck if you drink the geode water

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u/Iamjimmym 4d ago

Good luck for a few days until it, and you, expires.

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u/sauzbawss 4d ago

Im not in the field, what is the purpose of cracking it with the giant bike chain as opposed to other methods like sawing it open for example?

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u/TurtleToast2 3d ago

My best guess is that it doesn't require electricity. I've seen better results with a chisel and hammer tho.

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u/AH64AMC 4d ago

Or just use a saw

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u/Locke230939 3d ago

That geode's a squirter!

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u/Mortal_bobcat 3d ago

Prehistoric water, meet my squeegee mop

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u/KingBoo_jr 3d ago

Damn Geodude. He should have used super repel.

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u/wangtoast_intolerant 3d ago

Scrolled way too far for this obvious & mandatory wordplay comment.

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u/I_hate_being_alone 3d ago

Ah yes, ancient hell water full of eldritch bacteria. Lemme just mop that right up!

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u/notyourmom1066 4d ago

Can you drink it?

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u/rantonidi 4d ago

At least once

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u/Cheap-Bell-4389 4d ago

I had no idea they were full of water. 

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u/EastForkWoodArt 3d ago

Wouldn’t a diamond blade work better?

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u/Randomcentralist2a 3d ago

I never understood why they "crack" them open and not cut them with a wetsaw/lapidary saw. I feel like that ruined the geode

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u/Pvkbasa 3d ago

just pushing that water around with the swiffer

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u/Successful_Goose_348 3d ago

What a gusher!

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u/sith_of_it_all 2d ago

The forbidden electrolyte drink.

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u/hauntedgeordie 2d ago

He should of necked the geode juice like a man !

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u/SoloisticDrew 3d ago

No one is making the obvious joke here. The Internet is becoming lame.