Quartz Vug http://t.co/eDFn2R5c
August 01, 2012
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Mineral crystals grow in empty spaces in rocks called vugs if they are large and geodes if they are small. In the case of geodes, the crystal filled space is surrounded by a rock matrix and sometimes the rock matrix is in the form of a nodule.
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