by Crystal Caves | Jan 29, 2024 | Blog
SHARING THE LOVE OF CRACKING GEODES René loves to tell the story of when he hit a big agate geode in Agate creek in the early sixties. The agate burst open and there were crystals inside. His passion was ignited. Cracking open a hollow Mexican geode is exactly...
by Crystal Caves | Jan 29, 2024 | Blog
RENÉ IS STILL A KID AT HEART René is still a big kid at heart, but as an actual little kid, he spent a lot of time in the forests surrounding his house in Den Dolder in the province of Utrecht in the Netherlands. He had an odd obsession with rabbits and their...
by Crystal Caves | Jan 29, 2024 | Blog
THE SENSORY EXPERIENCE INCLUDES LIGHT AND SOUND Ambient surroundings have always been important to René. The Dutch call it ‘gezelligheid’. It’s the stuff that makes you feel warm and fuzzy when you walk into someone’s home. You create it with light, sound,...
by Crystal Caves | Jan 29, 2024 | Blog
RENÉ WAS NAMED ONE OF THE ‘MUST MEET CHARACTERS’ IN QUEENSLAND Not many people’s CV includes tobacco grader, café owner, high pressure cleaner sales rep, tag-along tour operator, palm tree nursery owner and cave builder. René’s does, and this Indiana Jones...
