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Answer for the clue "Rock with a crystal inside ", 5 letters:
geode

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A nodule of stone having a cavity lined with mineral or crystal matter on the inside wall.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Geode may refer to: Bone cyst , also called geode Geode , geological rock formation Geode (trade association) , European gas and electricity distributors Geode (processor) , microprocessor series Mozilla Geode , geo-tagging project La Géode , an IMAX theater ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Geode \Ge"ode\ (j[=e]"[=o]d), n. [F. g['e]ode, L. geodes, fr. Gr. ? earthlike; ge`a, gh^, the earth + e'i^dos form.] (Min.) A nodule of stone, containing a cavity, lined with crystals or mineral matter. The cavity in such a nodule.

Usage examples of geode.

Not the least curious part of this outcrop is the black thread of iron silicate which, broken in places, subtends it to the east: some specimens have geodes yielding brown powder, and venal cavities lined with botryoidal quartz of amethystine tinge.

The music swelled in a crescendo, cube-drums, ice-horns, percussion geodes, and more, all in perfect harmony.

Quantities of quartz crystals, geodes, apache tears, jasper pebbles, moonstone beads, and….

Treasure seekers of this kind found a stone that looked like a geode in 1961 near Olancha, on the edge of the Amargosa Desert.