Miners Cut Open Rock and Discover Stunning Heart-Shaped Purple Geode Inside Nature has a way of playing tricks on our minds. So molded are we by “objective” scientific thought and the materialism of modern life, an occasional “accident” in nature may tell us that there’s more to all of this than can be measured. A rare species of orchid or the shape of a cloud might mimic things from our imaginations, as if nature were winking at us and whispering from the other side, “That was no accident.” And there are geodes—those amethyst crystal formations found inside rocks, which geologists like to display on their desks and are found in souvenir shops. What do you suppose nature meant when she formed a perfectly heart-shaped geode found by a team of miners in Uruguay?