1
: a nodule of stone having a cavity lined with crystals or mineral matter
2
: the cavity in a geode
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In June 2024, MacArthur posted a fun video with highlights of the summer that showed their son and daughter enjoying a fair, cracking a huge geode and jumping into a lake.
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Emy Lacroix, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
The safety instructions said to break open the geodes using a clawhammer
and tube sock.
—Anna Journey, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Any kid is sure to have fun cracking open these jumbo-sized geodes.
—Rebecca Martinson, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
Roughly conical, it is cut open like a geode on its sea-facing side, revealing inner and outer concrete envelopes crossed by ramps that are also structural supports.
—Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 17 Dec. 2024
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Emy Lacroix, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
The safety instructions said to break open the geodes using a clawhammer
and tube sock.
—Anna Journey, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Any kid is sure to have fun cracking open these jumbo-sized geodes.
—Rebecca Martinson, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
Roughly conical, it is cut open like a geode on its sea-facing side, revealing inner and outer concrete envelopes crossed by ramps that are also structural supports.
—Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Geode.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/geode. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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geode
noun
ge·ode
ˈjē-ˌōd 
: a stone having a cavity lined with crystals or mineral matter
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