He broke a stone and inside he found a character from Sesame Street

Geologist Mike Bowers found in Soledade, a town in the Rio Grande region of Brazil, a piece of volcanic rock most peculiar.

It is an egg-shaped stone that has gone viral again (it happened in 2021) due to the image inside. You can see the great resemblance of the interior of the stone with cookie monster«, one of the animated characters of «Sesame Street.»

«I think this is probably the most perfect Cookie Monster out there. I’ve seen others but here it is in full. Lucas Fassari is actually the one who found it,» Bowers described in his post. Facebook.

The man has already received numerous offers from fans who want to get the peculiar rock (Mike Bowers Facebook).

an agate rock

The stone is actually about an agate rock, a semiprecious mineral formed after the expulsion of magma and volcanic lava and which, after cooling, in contact with the outside air creates various shapes. The cavities are formed by gas bubbles in hot lava.

«Cookie Monster», one of the animated characters of «Sesame Street.»

In this case, the famous character has been formed by crystals of deep blue quartz forming what would be equivalent to the face, and two circular pieces of rock forming its eyes.

Another unique feature of this agate is that the face appears on both sides of the carved stone. Typically, the voids are not aligned well enough to create a mirror image.

Another unique feature of this agate is that the face appears on both sides of the carved stone (Mike Bowers Facebook).

The man received numerous offers from fans who wanted to get hold of the peculiar rock, some that have even reached the 10,000 dollars.

Bowers said who planned to keep the stone but it is not ruled out that it may have ended up in the hands of a high-net-worth collector.

GML