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Post by 1dave on Feb 21, 2023 20:00:39 GMT -5
I saw this on line and bought it - I went shopping for rhyolite cabs this morning -  AND bought this tiny Thunderegg!  It arrived today, and is even more than I hoped for! I can see down into the agate, the outer shell is present, I'm ecstatic! I'll have to get Sharon to take some photos for me! The Thunderegg is Three Eighths of an inch in diameter!
The cab is well made - too bad the cutter didn't know what he had, but he got most of it! |
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 21, 2023 20:12:05 GMT -5
It looks like a rainforest jasper- which is a rhyolite- which is full of tiny agate thundereggs- right?
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Post by 1dave on Feb 21, 2023 21:25:58 GMT -5
It looks like a rainforest jasper- which is a rhyolite- which is full of tiny agate thundereggs- right? Right! It is rhyolite - but Ithought it came from Bulgaria - quote author=" 1dave" source="/post/1262474/thread" timestamp="1675168493"]OH! Surprise!  Well, the photo is really all I need.  [/quote] But it was shipped from Raj. India So . . . |
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 21, 2023 21:37:13 GMT -5
I'm pretty positive it's rainforest "jasper" from Queensland, Australia. I would have sent you one for free had I known you wanted one.  |
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Post by 1dave on Feb 22, 2023 5:17:10 GMT -5
I'm pretty positive it's rainforest "jasper" from Queensland, Australia. I would have sent you one for free had I known you wanted one. How about photos? Having a location is special! Not any piece will do. It needs that shape -  I wish I was young and could fill out the section on Australian t-eggs.  |
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Post by 1dave on Feb 22, 2023 5:47:45 GMT -5
Yes that's it.  Now EXACTLY where is it found? |
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Post by 1dave on Feb 22, 2023 5:58:28 GMT -5
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Post by fernwood on Feb 22, 2023 7:16:55 GMT -5
Very cool.
I "might" see if my Nephew in Australia can get me some.
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Post by 1dave on Feb 22, 2023 7:51:52 GMT -5
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 22, 2023 8:18:30 GMT -5
Thanks rockjunquie , you've made my day. Google Earth is almost (well, not really  ) as good as being there.        So Mt Hay is a typical rhyolite dome rising 625 feet above the ground. It had several slides, and they are mining one of them? It looks like they still have most of the material left. The cristobalite spherulites began forming in the magma chamber, trapped water expanded as they were extruded to the surface. shockwaves converted silica crystals into silica gel which was sucked into the chambers as steam turned back to water. I have never seen anyone utilize Google earth quite as well as you do. |
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Post by victor1941 on Feb 22, 2023 10:52:10 GMT -5
1dave, I have some cabs made from material mined in the early years. I will make some pics if helpful. This material is very nice.
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Post by Rockoonz on Feb 22, 2023 12:14:40 GMT -5
I think we have some of the rainforest rhyolite as well, I had forgotten that it was from Aussie land, possibly had it a little confused with spiderweb from Oregon, even though their only real similarity is being both tiny thundereggs in flow material. The cab is pretty cool.
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Post by 1dave on Feb 28, 2023 17:58:04 GMT -5
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I went shopping for rhyolite cabs this morning -
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