ThunderEggs, kind and location? Options

[Denise]

Here are a few eggs that jpolk send me as part of a rock trade we made.
Two of them are doubles, and the other two are about tennis ball sized.
It sure would be nice to know what kind of eggs they are, and where they are from before cutting them. Can anyone help me?

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[Denise]

Ok after some research, Im thinking Madras Oregon.
Possibly even from the old Priday Ranch. One of the best things about these eggs, are they glow strongly under a UV light. They even have a Dolly Parton bed, where they find twin eggs.

I tested these, and they also glow under UV light.

Wooohooooo! Thanks jpolk!!
I cant wait to see whats inside them.

[jim]

Somebody find Si. Si would know.

[CP]

Here are the same eggs whacked in half.....

I like whacking up rocks!

CP

Cut egg #1

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[CP]

Cut egg #2

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[CP]

Cut egg #3

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[CP]

Cut egg #4

Thanks Jim......very cool rocks!

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[cornwall84]

Wow, Very nice, 1 of them looks like the sunrise on an ocean cove.

[Denise]

That is an amazing one Cornwall! You should see it in hand, you can really see into it clearly.
It has great colors!

Some of the Thundereggs have been on the flat lap being worked.
Here is a pic of them in water to get the rough grit off.
Its time to polish these babies up some.
I know someone that would love to have a few, and they are coming out to dig in May.
I hear they are fond of blue ones, and some of these have great blues.

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[jim]

very cool indeed. I just love thundereggs. I have about 20 egg halves on my display shelf. I need to ship them out to colorado so dan can put them on his magic machine to make them purty.

[CP]

Here's a close up of a wee purty one we polished previously.

It's a fairly flashy lil' buggar and I am doing an experimental project with it (more on the "egg mutilation" as Mrs.CP puts it later) ......but this pic is sure pretty.
Looks to me like it's a sat image.......be the first one ever!
Ma' nature preserved this image for us detailing what looks to be a large lake area surrounded by huge mountains. The white/red tad pole looking mark would be a large aluvial fan tail with the red droplet being the large cache of gold waiting to be harvested! Now..........If we can just figure out where the heck this is!?

Gads...........guess it's gold fever!

Enjoy
CP

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[Denise]

Thats a great close up picture of your Thunderegg Dan!

Thats not what I see though.................Its a red squid (little squishy) in the ocean.

Men! hehehe


Dont worry everyone, I wont let him mutilate that beautiful egg!
Im the protector of all Thundereggs good.

[CP]

Thanks honey!

Here's a pic of a few Del Norte Colorado thundereggs as found so you all will know how they look on/in the ground.
Thick shelled lil' buggars too! But they sure are pretty at the candy centers inside.
We will get some of those pics in here soon as well.

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[Denise]

Thanks for the picture Dan!!!
OOOOOO Im ready, lets go digging!

Here is one of the bigger ones.

The inside of some of these have amazing plume!.......
Close up pics of one coming soon.

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[CP]

Ok, this one is a close up piece of plume from the Del Norte eggs. Feathery lookin'

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[Denise]

WOW!

Amazing Dan, and that was one of the smaller Thundereggs ....hehe
Colorado has the best plume agate ThunderEggs around!


Cant wait to see whats next!


Im going to add the pic again also since this thread went to page 2.

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[CP]

Anyone for an omlette?!

Fresh off the flat lap.

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[CP]

and one close up of the lil doubler to the lower right........pretty cool orange/black star eh?

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[ScottKS]

WOW them look really really nice....you've out did yourselfs again....

[Denise]

Thanks Scott.

This is a close up of my favorite one that we polished.
It has beautiful blue bandings!!
Hard to tell in the picture but the upper right part of the white looking patch is actually pink. The patch area looks like a heart, and the top of it has red and orange.........and a couple of flowers to the left of it....hehe
Sure turned out pretty, and Dans cut was perfect!

Did you know ThunderEggs are Oregons state rock.

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[CP]

Ok Mrs protector of all thundereggs that are good......here are a couple egg "yolks" that were on the verge of being scrambled.
Hopefully they are just "over easy" now.

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[CP]

Here's a "handful" of mini-T's we are cutting for someone who lives Nova Scotia. Mini-T's are all from NM though.
7 in total.......hope none are scrambled

Off to the saw with ye'!!

Learn more about the formation of thundereggs at this link
http://www.zianet.com/geodekid/thndregg.htm

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[CP]

As you can see......I must be supervised by the great egg protector while whackin' up eggs!

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[CP]

OOOOOO LAAA LAAAA.....
That one turned out pretty cool!

So............... Which came first? The hens, or the eggs?!

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[CP]

whew.........was a little worried i would not cut them the right direction or there might have been duds.......but luckily this is a grand handful!
Nice finds Carol!

After their little bath here.....it's off for some diamond kisses Mrs.CP said.

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[Denise]

It has been a blast working with Carol's Thundereggs!

Here is a close up of the darker one. This picture really doesnt do this egg justice. When you move it around...It has this goldish brown looking sheen to it in spots.
Very cool Thunderegg!

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[Denise]

WOW! They sure are pretty. Great finds Carol, good job!

I thought this might be a good way to keep them safe till she comes to pick them up....hehe ....... Kind of appropriate eh?

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[jim]

very cool.........shoulda made her wait to see them. a ransom ya might say.

[CP]

hehe Jim......well we could hold someone's rocks ransome!

Sure was fun working those mini T's though.

[Denise]

Too funny Dan..........Jim is probably looking like this right now.
<-----------Jim

Dont worry, I wont let anything happen to your baby Geodes and ThunderEggs.

Sounds like Carol is so happy about finally seeing what was inside her ThunderEggs, she is sending the rest for us to cut and polish.

This time Im going to video tape them being cut and opened by Dan for the first time....
This should be fun!

[Denise]

Ok Mrs protector of all thundereggs that are good......here are a couple egg "yolks" that were on the verge of being scrambled.   
Hopefully they are just "over easy" now. 

You did fantastic Dan! Dont forget this piece that was also from the same egg half. Even egg shaped a bit...hehe

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[Denise]

Here is the other side. I love the little triangle filled with shades of blue bands! It also has a red band around it on the left side.

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[Denise]

Another batch of mini ThunderEggs from New Mexico are ready to be cut.
Cant wait to see whats inside.

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[Denise]

OOOOOO Dan cut your ThunderEggs Carol!
They sure are pretty. Here is a close up picture of the largest one from this batch.
(see the duck flying in the left one?....Dan does)
I also video taped it while he cut them.....hehe

ThunderEgg cutting video coming soon.


BTW......Thats not a crack in it...Thats an agate seam.

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[Denise]

What does a Del Norte ThunderEgg do when waiting to be cut?



Its "Rockin' For Mining" of course....hehe

[Denise]

Here are a few doubles we got for polishing Jim's Geodes and ThunderEggs.


These will be fun!

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[CP]

More pics of those neat Oregon doubles above coming soon. Even the broken one is going to put out some killer stones and or guitar picks.

Another popular and world known egg bed is the Baker Pit near Deming, NM............this week we received a few from NM Jack as a donation in support of the CP site and club. Thank you Jack!
He will be getting some of the nicest ones back once cutting and polishing is completed here in the CP lapidary workshop.

So, for those of you who like the T-eggs.........keep your eyes on this thread and the Miners Market for them to be appearing soon.

For now though, we have put together a short video of one of the best from the first 3 cut. It's always fun to see what's inside for that first light so to speak when it's first cut open. Shouldn't take long to download being only a bit over 2.75 minutes long.
View/download here
 ThundereggCutting1.wmv ( 7.91MB ) Number of downloads: 375


And a quick pic before it's off to the CP flat lap area. Looks like stalactites if I'm reading the deposit layer right in this one.
Should polish out really spiffy!!


More cutting to be continued............soon!

CP

[jmann]

Very cool thank you. Joe

[pebblepupdotcom]

I love Thunder eggs! Those first eggs may be from Richardson Ranch a.k.a. Priday.

Here is a link to a gallery of my Oregon/Idaho Thunder Eggs.
Oregon / Idaho Thunder Eggs

I missed the last two pages of thunder egg photos when I started this post. Wow! there are some beautiful pieces here.

[CP]

Thanks for watching JMann, glad you liked it.

Welcome to the CP site pebblepupdotcom, if you like the thundereggs you will find many pages, pics, and info around here about them. We kinda' like em' too. Make yourself right at home browsing around. Checked out some of your egg pics too.....very nice!
We all look forward to seeing some posts about your adventures.

Here's a pic from the webcam with another of the Baker pit eggs cut. Was actually cracked open on one side, lower 2, but still will produce (after unscrambling ) a nice half egg, plus a really cool guitar pick and a heart carving. All showing the very cool "dancing bands".



More pics coming soon.................

CP

[nm jack]

Nice Eggs!! Can't wait to see more.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

[nm jack]

Hey guys, for some reason I'm unable to download video. Can you post a couple of pics of T-Eggs??

Thanks

[CP]

Hi Jack,

Sorry about the downloading difficulties darn it!
Yep you bet we will have some more pics coming soon. 6" saw blade went south on that last one too........give me a few days to get some more pics/updates in here.

Wowser! they are so spiffy!!

[CP]

Ok, Denise got a couple close up's of the last pictured in webcam shot two posts back (lower 2) for everyone to see better details.
First is the half egg that will be polished on the lap.
OOOO LA LA.......Great pic honey!





Then this guitar pick was made from the single slice saved off the busted knub end..... Neat bands and oh look....it has a druzy pocket and so does the halfer'!



More pics/updates to follow soon.......Enjoy.

CP

[Denise]

Maybe you might have better luck downloading it from YouTube - ThunderEgg Cutting 1.

You want more ThunderEgg pics Jack......You got it!
Here is a picture of the outside of a Oregon ThunderEgg.....Sure looks interesting doesnt it?


Even more interesting what could be inside these beauties sometimes.


Amazing how one side of these doubles is light and the other is dark!
Yin Yang ThunderEggs?...hehe


More ThunderEggs coming soon......

[nm jack]

Wow!! That last one sure is different. Got anymore??

[CP]

PPPSSSSSTTTTTT Hey Jack............

Was able to go out yesterday and chop a few When I noticed on the 3rd egg the temp was 6 degrees.
Even though the saw, coolant and rocks didn't seem to mind, the saw operator was thinkin'.......am I nuts?! I'm goin' inside.
Was well worth it though. Us crazy folks do this for a reason, maybe for things like this?

Happy day and Merry Christmas everyone. Enjoy the holiday colors on this shadow banded beauty.












where did I put that pic anyways?




















It's all in the anticipation.......





















OK OK here it is Right off the saw so still has some work to go but whew.


Here is another pic of the pick (pun intended) but you can see the killer shadow bands in that one too.
Baker eggs sure are neato!

[jim]

WOW!!!!! I want it...

[Gat-Wa.]

Merry Christmas all and WOW way nice egg and pick
Gat.

[Denise]

Fantastic Thunderegg Dan!!!



Ok egg man (and much much more), lets see what you can get from this odd shaped NM Baker egg.
..........goo goo g'joob....

[nm jack]

Sure is good looking egg!! At those temps outside you cud whack off a finger and never feel it, be careful!

[CP]

Thanks Jack I do try to be very careful when hand cutting. I did have a 500 watt halogen on to bust the chill in the shed whiched helped and fortunately I didn't have my mits in the fluid the whole time, these I'm cutting on the 8" saw with a vise and clock feed. Just have to stay out for part of the time it cuts.

Thanks Gat and Jim, that is a cool one isn't it. Ya' just never know what's gonna pop outta these lil' beauties.

The egg man... who me dear? Well lets just see shall we One of the shed saw draw backs during winter time though......... To get in the saw shed, first theres all these ice crystals to shovel!

So here is the one Denise is holding above after it's visit to the saw. Shown wet in this pic right after cutting, should polish out really nicely. Sure hope we don't break none of the tiny tip stacks! Pic is large size for detail, just click on the thumbnail image for the full size pic. Love that new feature!

[nm jack]

Sure is purdy. Looks like more.hehehe

[Denise]

Baker Thundereggs sure are fantastic! Dan cut one open the other day that freaked Timmy out some.....hehe
It apparently had a fluid pocket inside it, so when it was cut open it had a empty soft looking "egg shell" like skin indide.
The look on his little face was priceless ( ) Next question was "What was inside that one, and where did it go???!!! (as hes looking around)

Heres where it got fun.... (mom loves to tease and have fun)
I said, "well Im not sure, but look at this spot"
He moves in to look close, and I growl...."GRRRRRR".
He jumped sky high....hehe I know, Im cruel.
After a bit of scolding from him, I told him it was just fluid (very very old fluid) that drained out when it was being cut.
Sure is a cool looking egg. The skin like film still isnt hard yet, so were being careful with it.
Not a good one, but heres a picture of it.








Here is a close up of a self collected Colorado Thunderegg. These sure are pretty!

[Denise]

Here is a Baker Ranch egg thats marked for cutting direction. I love looking at these before they are cut.




Who would have known what a patriotic little Thunderegg it would turn out to be....hehe



Fantastic red, white and blue inside this one!

[Denise]

Here is another great NM Baker pit Thunderegg!
Not polished yet, so shown wet.

[Denise]

This NM Baker egg turned out really interesting Jack!
The left side is AMAZING! The formation on that side almost looks like a snowy tree...hehe
The right side of the egg seems to be a Jasper, but the lighter part is almost clay like. Really soft, I can even pick it out with my fingernail. This one will be interesting to see how it polishes out. We are going to experiment with a different Baker egg that has the same extra soft clay like center. Lets see what we get when we blast out the soft center.




Here is a closer look at the egg on the left.

[CP]

That last T-egg had a soft white almost chalky material as you see in the last post, notice I said "had".......we've cleaned that material out and we will update with a new pic soon. Pretty cool and now can be polished off without worry of grit contamination.

Now onto this next egg which we recorded on video. About 40 minutes or so condensed down to 9 minutes. Grab a cup of coffee and see how this one turns out.
ThunderEgg Cutting 2

Here's a pic of the T-egg prior to the cutting. Want to see what's inside? Check out the video link above.



The flat lap machine's been churnin' and burnin' so keep an eye out for the finished polishes soon too!

CP

[Denise]

Wow! Look what happened to the "experimental egg" Dan blasted the soft center out of.
Amazing looking, and the remaining surfaces polished out great. Good job Dan! Saved that egg by revealing it's inner beauty.
Looks like you earned yourself some brownie points....hehe

I left the image big so you can click on the picture and zoom into it for details.

[CP]

Thank you Denise, I'm glad we decided to blast it out too. Turned out really nicely.

Here are a few more recent T-egg's from the CP lapidary shop..........Enjoy. These and more will be steamin' into the Miners Market station very soon.
Keep an eye on the "specimens" section, we will also be introducing a really neat new product.

This one is another killer Baker pit egg. We originally planned on one half to polish and slicing the other half, but after a couple slices we decided to keep the busted half for a polisher too. The blues are just amazing and the reds are vivid!


Another Baker pit egg with a nice little quartz crystal pocket. See the nifty rainbow colored twinkles?


And this one is from Mexico with a sweet white/gray color pattern and a nice crystal pocket.

[faaus]

Wow! Look what happened to the "experimental egg" Dan blasted the soft center out of.
Amazing looking, and the remaining surfaces polished out great. Good job Dan! Saved that egg by revealing it's inner beauty.
Looks like you earned yourself some brownie points....hehe

I left the image big so you can click on the picture and zoom into it for details.

Dan sure did a great job of improving on the original result! Nice work!

I luvs dem aigs! Nature's little surprise packages.

Thanks,
faaus

[Denise]

I luvs dem aigs! Nature's little surprise packages.

I agree Faaus!

[CP]

Thanks ya'll, they sure are neat when finished! And here's some really cool news...........a bunch of the T-eggs recently pictured in this thread are now listed for sale in the CP Miners Market so everyone can add 1 or 2 to their own collections.

Stop in soon to pick out yours.

CP

[Denise]

Is that CP out there in the hail and rain cutting ThunderEggs?
Looks like rock fever....hehe
We should be getting some updates soon.

[ASTROBLEME]

Hail and rain make for some good "motivation" to get things done.

However, lightning gives rise to thunder and that's a good sign that it is time to take shelter, especially in South Park!

HAVE A HAPPY AND SAFE MEMORIAL DAY

[CP]

Right, gotta stop when the lightning is rolling through. We aren't in south park now but still.........don't wanna push my luck with ma nature.

Here's one I recently got cut (between lightning storms ) that turned out with a nice star pattern and crystal pocket in the doublet.....just a quick snap of the webcam so details aren't great yet, more detailed pics coming later. This is from a new batch of priday bed thundereggs in Oregon. a few have had some cracked up opal in them but most are very nice formations.......nice blue hues and shades of ornanges and reds with clear.
This particular one looks like the crystal pocket might be amethyst.......hard to tell true color prior to polishing but WOW that will be cool!!

[Denise]

Beautiful Dan and you nailed the cut to get a 5 point star in that one!
That one is a must see in hand to get its fantastic details and colors.

I love minis, and here is a recently cut Opal ThunderEgg. Look it has a "C".




Im giving this one to CP because its blue like he likes, plus its awesome and cracked like he is.


Here is a really cool site with thundereggs from all over the world. I had no clue that so many places had them.
http://www.thundereggs.co.uk

Enjoy!

[Denise]

Here are a few more from the Baker pit in New Mexico, right off the saw........

Only one thing to say about these eggs.
Mine!






Or should that be two words.......Mine Mine.....hehe

[nm jack]

Sure is purdy

[Denise]

They sure are nmjack!! Im starting to think Im getting an illness from them though.

Seems every time Im near one being cut, " MINE! " pops out of my mouth as soon as I see it.....hehe


Here is another recently off the saw from the Baker pit in New Mexico, with amazing dancing shadow bands.

[nm jack]

What are the crystals in the middle??

[Denise]

Tiny clear quartz crystals making up the druzy pocket. With the agate underneath being red, it gives the appearance that the crystals are also red. There are even a few spots that have a black layer underneath, making some of the crystals looks like smokey quartz.


That egg is definately a keeper, especially with its dancing shadow bands!

[CP]

I'm cracked? Ok maybe a little. But what's this mine, mine, mine stuff? Darn woman is outta' control! Those last two red ones really are nice though, makes the hair on your neck stand up. Or maybe that's the pair of eyes looking at me that's causin' the hair thing.

We've been cutting up a few more of these hidden beauties and have another short video put together for everyone. Watch as we start with locking down the doublet Oregon Priday thunderegg to be cut and get the first glimpse peek at the treasure.
Just a tad over 5 minutes long but in real time was closer to 45 minutes on the saw.
ThunderEgg Cutting 3
Folks are always so suprised at how cool the insides are compared to the ugly ol' outter shells, but it's easy to see why when they are cut.

Grab a beverage while the video loads up and enjoy everyone!

CP

[CP]

We promised a better pic of the Priday Oregon thunderegg 5 point star above (post #66), so here it is.
A very cool and rare 5 pointed star doublet pair. Blues, oranges and white druzy pockets in the little side.
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This Priday Oregon double was cut and recorded on video for "ThunderEgg Cutting 3" and is fresh off the lapidary saw.
Shown wet in this picture and will for sure polish out very nicely.
Really blue!

[CP]

The saws have been working hard this month and we've cut over 50 new thundereggs!
Next the flatlap will be churnin' and burnin' for at least a month or so. Many of the new cuts are gonna' be sweet too!!
Keep your eyes open for updates soon.

CP

[CP]

The flat lap is still working hard and rough stages are nearly completed.
Here is one of the Oregon double thundereggs that is really cool. Completely solid on one side with tube agate on the large side. The chalcedony/agate shells over the tubes are very solid and this will be one spiffy t-egg when finished!



A closer look at one half for a bit better details. Pic is left large size so you can click on it and see the full sized image.
Kinda' looks like a moon with tentacles hanging out in there.

[CP]

For everyone who tried to view the thunderegg cutting 3 video posted on the last page.....the link is now fixed. Sorry, but it would have been fixed sooner if someone woulda' told me it wasn't workin'.

The flat lap is now into pre polish stages on all the recent cutables. We'll be posting up some finished pics soon!

CP

[Denise]

Here is a close up of both halves of a scrambled egg, before it was blown out with the pressure gun.
This center stuff is way too soft and crumbly when it dries to leave for polishing. Sure is cool looking though!
Pics of it after it was blown out and polished coming soon. Amazing how different it looks.

[nm jack]

Hmm looks like a Baker Egg.

[CP]

Yep, that is a Baker thunderegg, but now it's been blasted out clean and is polished out to a mirror shine.
It looks stunning with the red/pink druzy and cool reds/oranges around the agate and in the shell agate pockets.

The rest are still on polish stages but they are getting close to finished.....and WOWSER! There are some really cool new ones coming up so keep your eyes open for those to be posted.

CP

[Denise]

Here is a picture of the two halves after blowing the soft stuff out with the prerssure gun.
It almost looks velvety soft, but NOT! Like tiny little crystals.



This Oregon double thunderegg is fantastic!.....Like night and day from one side to the other.
I left the image big so you can click it and view the larger photo for a more detailed view.
Enjoy!

[Denise]

I love minis, and this New Mexico Baker thunderegg is tops! Its only as long as my fingers.
I call this one the "Mini with many points".



New Mexico has some of the best Thundereggs in the world I think.

[Denise]

What do you do when you cut one and notice fractures through the face?
Keep cutting! You will be amazed at the workable material you get that will make some amazing creations. Being a protector of all thundereggs good , I like to make sure there isnt much waste when we cut them.

Here are the end cuts from a beautiful NM Baker thunderegg, that when cut had fractures in it. Is it me or does anyone else see a howling wolf in the one on the left, and a butterfly in the one on the right? I see carvings going on for these.



Here is a nice slab that came from the same egg, with just a few small fractures along the edge!
See the nice little crystal heart surrounded by red agate?



"Several other pieces from this egg that are going to make some beautiful creations", Dan says as he prys pieces from my hand. He can show you pics of those slabs.

[CP]

What do you do when you cut one and notice fractures through the face?
Keep cutting! You will be amazed at the workable material you get that will make some amazing creations. Being a protector of all thundereggs good , I like to make sure there isnt much waste when we cut them.

"Several other pieces from this egg that are going to make some beautiful creations", Dan says as he prys pieces from my hand. He can show you pics of those slabs.

Took awhile but I won that day, just in case anyone was wondering.
Here are two cabs I cut from the slice above this week. I like the red, white and blue combo with the dancing shadow bands.
Now she'll probably claim them as well. for protection I'm sure.

[Denise]

You only won because I let you. But I will be keeping an eye on those New Mexico Thunderegg cabochons.
They turned out beautiful Dan!!

[Denise]

Watchdog comes to mind.......So if Im the protector of all Thundereggs good, this must be my side kick Thunderdog.

[ScottKS]

On my way to Quartzsite AZ and right now i'm at the Rockhound State Park (south of Deming NM) looking for Thunder Eggs and Geodes.......met "The Geode Kid" and also Bill Anderson (Si from chat on here way back when lol). Here is a link to all my pics i posted on Facebook...hope everyone can see them (in the morning i am headed on to Quartzsite).

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[Crusty]

I was in White Sands for the Bataan Memorial Death March (a 26.2 mile marathon in uniform with a 35 pound pack) and had a free day the day prior, so I headed over to Rock Hound State Park ( http://www.stateparks.com/rock_hound_state_park_in_new_mexico.html ), near Deming NM, to see what I could find. "Thunderegg Trail" sounded like a great place to explore!

There was lots of Jasper about... being a rookie in that neck of the woods, unfortunately I wasted an hour or two chiseling out some small bits at the bottom of the trail when I should have been up looking for cooler stuff. Found lots of little bits of Jasper and a bunch of what I think would still be classified as thundereggs; little round nodules on rock that I chiseled off. Then I found a pocket of soft material and pulled out a nice sized stand alone one.

Not sure spending 6 hours scrambling around the hills, getting sunburned and packing out rocks was the smartest thing to do the day prior to the event, but I had fun! Will definitely get back down there and do some more exploring some day!

Here are a few crappy cell phone pics of what I found. Now I just gotta figure out what to do with them.

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[Denise]

Very cool Crusty! I would like to make it out to the Rock Hound State park someday also. Bet there are some great spots off the beaten path unclaimed and ready to be dug as well.

Looks like possibly some sweet finds but I really can't tell by those pictures. You're killing me here!!...... ....I really would like to see some better pictures from that nicer camera you have. Looks like even the broken ones have something to show. The wee ones are my favorite!! Bet those are really cool inside!

(Has sudden urge to dig Thunder eggs)