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Geologist Finds Blue Quartz Volcanic Rock With Cross-Section That Looks Like Cookie Monster Inside An unassuming lump of volcanic rock hides an amusing secret inside, boarding on the absurd. The blue quartz interior is a doppelganger for the COOKIE MONSTER and could be worth $10,000. The pitted stone cleaved in two exposes a crystal formation inside. A cross-section of the blue quartz bears an uncanny resemblance to the beloved blue Sesame Street character. The agate was recovered from the Rio Grande do Sul region of Brazil by gemologist Lucas Fassari, 33, in November 2020. The volcanic rock looks like an ordinary stone before being opened up. (Kennedy News and Media) ....
The Daily Universe Volunteers help residents of Tent City, Charlotte, North Carolina’s largest homeless encampment, shop for clothing and other goods at the Mutual Aid Free Store set up by local aid groups Bleach Impaired and Not Fade Away. (Magena Morris via AP) Tent City in Charlotte is North Carolina’s largest homeless encampment and with the pandemic reducing the number of residents allowed in homeless shelters, it’s increasing. But despite the circumstances, volunteers Magena Morris, Tyler Bone and Nic White, are helping out. Once a month the three bring racks of clothes and shoes for the community for a pop-up shop as a way to donate the clothes in a humanizing way. “We see them smiling,” White told the Associated Press. “Because they’re like, ‘Oh, you cared about me enough to provide me the opportunity to choose my own clothing in a way that dignifies me.’” ....
Man Cracks Open an Agate, Discovers The Cookie Monster Inside STEPHANIE PAPPAS, LIVE SCIENCE 27 JANUARY 2021 You never know what you re going to get when you crack open a geode-like rock called an agate, but a new specimen is even more surprising than usual: It looks just like Cookie Monster.
The agate, found in Soledade, a precious stone hotspot in southern Brazil, is a dead ringer for the blue, googly-eyed Sesame Street Muppet. After its owner, California mineral collector Mike Bowers, posted about the agate on Facebook, it went viral, with write-ups in newspapers from Australia to Israel to the United States. ....
C is for crazy. An agate gemstone unearthed in Brazil has gone viral for its striking resemblance to Cookie Monster of Sesame Street fame. A geologist in California says he s received multiple offers of $10,000 for the rare rock, which was recently discovered in Rio Grande do Sul, the New York Post reports. Owner Mike Bowers said he s been inundated with interest after showing off the volcanic rock on Facebook earlier this month, as the interior blue quartz crystals and smile-like void look just like the hungry monster. The agate was recovered from the Rio Grande do Sul region of Brazil by gemologist Lucas Fassari in November 2020. ....