eibonvale
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Post by eibonvale on Nov 22, 2011 22:00:24 GMT -5
This is a German Lierbachtal thunderegg. I have absolutely no idea what is going on in this stone save that it must be a pseudomorph of some kind - I have never seen anything like it, though a friend of mine suggested it was a Bend Pseudomorph. And Lierbachtals do seem to have been under a lot of stress at one time or another - often being bent or squashed. Whatever it is, seeing this strange fibrous stream of red suddenly appear when the saw cut through was quite an experience. I had cut so many of these stones, but only a few were really exciting. Anyone ever seen anything like this before or know what is going on? You can see more lierbachtals (less unusual!) on my blog: thundereggs.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/lierbachtal-thunderegg-showcase/
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2011 22:31:15 GMT -5
Nature producing art is what I see going on. I love anything that is outside of the norm. What came first, the art or the egg? It is a beauty. Jim
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Nov 22, 2011 22:38:30 GMT -5
It may be strange but it is totally awesome too!
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Nov 23, 2011 10:11:32 GMT -5
That's a strange one all right. Looks like the chalcedony has replaced a crystal lattice of tabular or acicular calcite or some such mineral. Those occasionally show up in t-eggs from the Wiley well district of California but not so colorful. I love the weird ones too.....Mel
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Post by Toad on Nov 23, 2011 11:04:04 GMT -5
Very strange. Awesome.
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Post by Fossilman on Nov 23, 2011 11:27:21 GMT -5
HolyMoly,that rally "POPS" don't it!!!!!!
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rockhound97058
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Post by rockhound97058 on Nov 23, 2011 11:32:33 GMT -5
Love this egg! - David I really need to send you a scan of the first lierbach egg I ever got. It has the sagenite inclusions - impressive specimen.
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Post by talkingstones on Nov 23, 2011 11:44:39 GMT -5
No clue but it really is gorgeous!
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Post by yurila on Nov 24, 2011 9:42:48 GMT -5
Hi David, great thunderegg, welcome to RTH, it's nice to see more thunderegg people here (btw, I really like you site). Jason, please, any chanse to see t-egg scan here? Thank you, Yuri
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Post by yurila on Nov 24, 2011 9:45:17 GMT -5
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Post by roy on Nov 24, 2011 10:58:18 GMT -5
cool lookin egg
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eibonvale
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Post by eibonvale on Nov 24, 2011 11:29:01 GMT -5
Hi everyone! Thanks for all your comments! I am with you - this is an amazing stone. When I first cut it, dizzy from sawing, i just thought 'oh, how interesting' - but then it quickly began to creep up on me as one of the most amazing stones i ever saw! It's on my shelf now, next to my 'Two Evil Eyes' thunderegg (Strange in a different way! Thinking of that, i just posted it here on a different thread, along with another weird one: forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=specphoto&thread=48883). They make quite a pair of stones! Jason - yes, love to see the scan you mention. I have found a few other pseudomorph thundereggs in my batch of Lierbachtals, but the above is by far the best. It seems a marvellous location for them! Just for kicks, here's another rather different pseudomorph one. Lovely textures and colours and crystals - i am guessing this is based partly on sagenite? that little spray of needles through the middle is rather nice! Aaaaaaaaannnndd one more!! One of my favourites, also with confusing pseudomorphs:
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eibonvale
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Post by eibonvale on Nov 24, 2011 11:37:18 GMT -5
Hi Yuri! Great to be here, thanks! - I am seeing quite a few familiar names as well, which is nice! And if you like my gallery, then you should know that you are responsible for more than a couple of my all-time favourite stones! I'm afraid though, I still have no idea what that unknown specimen is. Truth to tell, I still haven't polished it - I can be a bit slow with US rocks since I sell a lot of German stones and they take up a lot of my already rather attenuated attention. I have shown it to a few people though and none of them were able to help! I will keep trying though and hope that we figure it out sometime.
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Post by elementary on Nov 24, 2011 11:54:33 GMT -5
I see your odd sagenite and raise you this: Hauser Bed Geode from the wash below the diggings. Got the whole egg from Mel before he moved. It's one of a batch I was smashing open for my students and boy was I lucky I didn't saw it. I immediately claimed it as my own - don't worry - the kids were reimbursed. Sorry for hijacking thread. Now back to your regularly scheduled program~~~~~~~
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eibonvale
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Post by eibonvale on Nov 24, 2011 12:02:33 GMT -5
Hey - Nice! That's quite a specimen!
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Post by frane on Nov 24, 2011 17:55:32 GMT -5
These are all awesome and not anything I have seen before. Those eggs look like they want to be butterfly agate or mushroom jasper mixed. Really cool looking! Fran
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