Customer Reviews

Break Your Own Geodes

5 star:		(12)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(8)
1 star:		(14)

 

 

I bought two sets. Great idea and my grandkids liked it the excitement of breaking them to see what was inside. The problem was that only two of the geodes were as large as a small walnut the other three were about the size of a nickel with nothing to see inside. Very disappointing.

Purchased five of these sets thinking they would be fun stocking stuffers. Wanting to check out what I purchased, I opened one of the five. The geodes are tiny (not as pictured). It was like breaking open dirt-clods... that have a small empty space inside... but not crystals. Maybe it was a "dud" box, but will probably be returning the other four.

My son and I had a blast opening the geodes and finding the crystals inside. You must use an old sock and a hammer to break them open (yes, the sock will have holes in it when you are done). When we opened the box I was surprised to see how little the stones were, but they really pack the crytals! All the rocks in our box had crystals.
It made learning fun as I explained to him how geodes are created. Kids that are into hands-on science stuff will just love these.
Not only are these worth the money for memory making, they make great keepsakes for the treasure box, too.

Well, I read the other reviews for this item. And I agree with the bad reviews and I agree with the good reviews also! If your looking for huge beautiful geodes forget it. They are really small, golf ball size. But all of them had some crystals in them. Nothing special to me as an adult. But...to my grandson, who is 8 and his brother who is 10, they were the most fun they have ever had!
He and his brother were busy for an hour outside stuffing one after another into a sock and hitting them with a hammer! Then they would pick up each small piece and study it, and they would sort them by which on they thought had the best crystal in it. They LOVED it!
This toy is about as much fun as you can imagine it would be for two little boys! They got to break stuff with a hammer, that in it's self for two small boys, is worth it's weight in gold. But as an extra bonus, there were cool looking crystals inside of the rocks!! You may not think this is a great toy if your an adult, but I guarantee, for children it's definitely great fun for a kid!
The only reason I didn't give this 5 stars is because the way they advertise it you'd think your going to get these huge beautiful crystals! Your not. And I feel that it's kind of a lot of money for a few small rocks. But then, I'm looking at it through an adults eyes.
So if you can remember what it was like as a child and try to see things through their eyes you won't go wrong with this little box of wonderful fun!
I can still hear them downstairs right now, still arguing over which one has the best crystals! LOL

The ten geodes were about the size of cocktail meatballs and three of them simply crumbled into sandy gravel. My grandkids did have fun trying to smash the rocks with a hammer and a couple geodes had a tiny amount of quartz or some sparkly mineral inside. I certainly would not spend [...] on them again.

these geodes are smaller than golfballs and have pretty much nothing inside them of interest except more rock so they were a HUGE disappointment. Look elsewhere for larger geodes that have the size to have fully formed crystals inside.

I bought this item from the Museum of Natural History for $12 and have found similar ones cheaper online. It had about 12 clumps of dirt and the child I bought if for had a great time in his garden smacking them open. They geodes are composed of a thin clay like shell that make it very easy for a child to open. Some were duds and overall the crystals are very small. Do not be fooled by the amethyst displayed on the cover of the box this is obviously not from this set. Still this is a great activity for children and anyone interested in geology. Though I feel this website has made an error in claiming that they cost $95.

Other reviews said there weren't many exciting crystals to be had from breaking the rocks open. That's correct. Buy this if your kids are desperate for geodes, or mad about rocks. My kids are both, so they were happy with it.
Money might be better spent on admission to a natural history museum.

I got 10 Thunder rocks. Like a geode but solid most/all the way through,. Recomend rinsing first perhaps an old (trash)toothbrush

I got this for my father for his birthday, as he is a child at heart,and he loved them, all of the rocks contained something shiny and that was exactly what we were hoping for :)