|
Post by kap on Mar 8, 2010 21:39:07 GMT -5
|
|
bendsum
starting to spend too much on rocks
![*](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/stars/star_teal.png)
Member since October 2008
Posts: 140
|
Post by bendsum on Mar 8, 2010 21:49:33 GMT -5
WOW!! is i could say when i for seen the pics i hope one of mine look that great
|
|
|
Post by kap on Mar 8, 2010 22:02:01 GMT -5
I have cut them with most of the things in them but I think this is the first one with all of it in them. Keith
|
|
NDK
Cave Dweller
Member since January 2009
Posts: 9,440
|
Post by NDK on Mar 8, 2010 22:11:53 GMT -5
Whoa, that's a nice one. Isn't it weird how a bubble fiills in with the agate in a square shape!?!
Nate
|
|
|
Post by kap on Mar 8, 2010 22:33:44 GMT -5
I did not notice that is was a square until now ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Keith
|
|
chromenut
fully equipped rock polisher
![*](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/stars/star_green.png) ![*](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/stars/star_green.png)
Member since December 2009
Posts: 1,971
|
Post by chromenut on Mar 8, 2010 22:47:38 GMT -5
Great stuff Keith. Just visited you Etsy account, pretty nice stuff, really like that thunder egg with the green lining. Had any money I'd buy it now...lol... can you PM me any info on how you get an etsy account?
|
|
adrian65
Cave Dweller
Arch to golden memories and to great friends.
Member since February 2007
Posts: 10,778
|
Post by adrian65 on Mar 8, 2010 23:42:02 GMT -5
Wow, that one is a jaw dropper!
Adrian
|
|
|
Post by Toad on Mar 9, 2010 8:18:35 GMT -5
Looks like levelors... Nice
|
|
dbrealityrocks
fully equipped rock polisher
![*](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/stars/star_green.png) ![*](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/stars/star_green.png)
Member since February 2010
Posts: 1,084
|
Post by dbrealityrocks on Mar 9, 2010 18:25:41 GMT -5
fabulous, is that a lucky strike egg?
|
|
|
Post by roswelljero on Mar 9, 2010 19:32:13 GMT -5
AWE-SOME!!!
Later, jeri
|
|
prairiedog41
starting to shine!
Member since October 2009
Posts: 35
|
Post by prairiedog41 on Mar 9, 2010 22:42:16 GMT -5
(I have cut them with most of the things in them but I think this is the first one with all of it in them.)
Being rather new to most of this, what do you mean, when you say it has all of the things in it? What are "the things" that you are referring to?
Will
|
|
rockhound97058
freely admits to licking rocks
![*](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/stars/star_pink.png) ![*](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/stars/star_pink.png)
Thundereggs - Oregons Official State Rock!
Member since January 2006
Posts: 760
|
Post by rockhound97058 on Mar 9, 2010 23:35:14 GMT -5
Nope that is a Richardson's Ranch Egg. Most likely a Blue Bed, maybe a Pony Butte. However this white/pink waterline opal was fairly common in certain parts of the Blue Bed. Another nice feature of this egg is the suspended matrix piece which fell and glued in place. Good cut - you nailed the top to bottom just right. Many people don't know the proper way to cut T-Eggs, but there is a true, correct way to cut these. Thunderegg posts always grab my attention. Unsure how many people really understand how many are out there for the collector. But if anyone ever want's see see a small fraction of the beds in exsistence check out my site. www.oregonthundereggs.com As said the localities I have listed are a very small part of the beds I know, dig and are in the western states. However I have the largest selection than anyone on the Internet!
|
|
jcinpc
has rocks in the head
![*](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/stars/star_pink.png) ![*](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/stars/star_pink.png)
Member since April 2009
Posts: 722
|
Post by jcinpc on Mar 10, 2010 0:14:46 GMT -5
I will attest to that Jsaon. I have a few boxes of Richardson Ranch eggs from you from years ago. I have cut a couple exactly like Keith put up. I love them, never know whats inside, I have cut out the center part and cabbed some. You are the thunderegg man ;D
|
|
|
Post by frane on Mar 10, 2010 9:12:47 GMT -5
OK, I am going to sound like a novice but with the T eggs, I am. How do you know how to cut them? What is the give away to decide top from bottom and sides? I think this one is just awesome but I can see that if you sliced it in half the wrong way, you would never have that beauty you have there so...What is the secret? Fran
|
|
|
Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Mar 10, 2010 18:53:45 GMT -5
Looks like an angel or alien or something flying in it!
|
|
|
Post by kap on Mar 10, 2010 19:42:43 GMT -5
This is what I have on cutting them www.zianet.com/GEODEKID/howtocut.htmTHANKS for the ID I was not sure where it came from When I said it has it all I just meant that there was a lot of different things in one egg. Keith
|
|
rockhound97058
freely admits to licking rocks
![*](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/stars/star_pink.png) ![*](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/stars/star_pink.png)
Thundereggs - Oregons Official State Rock!
Member since January 2006
Posts: 760
|
Post by rockhound97058 on Mar 11, 2010 0:31:46 GMT -5
Thundereggs cutting: Well it's difficult to explain in words without showing samples in hand. However a good rule of thumb is cutting the stone the longest axis to produce maximum face.
Each Thunderegg locality will change how each stone is cut. It also makes a difference what style of core is in each specimen - Box Core, Hour Glass, biconoid, triconoid etc....
Some Thundereggs sometimes have stong, and other times none at all but we call them flow bands. These are fine lines on the exterior of the Thunderegg which shows orientation. Most of the time cutting 90 degrees to these flow bands with produce a proper cut, however there are exceptions such as tilts. Basically tilts are a Thunderegg which have moved during formation. I have some very rare Thundereggs right now from a Indian Reservation from Central Oregon and the flow bands are almost 45 degree's off of producing a poper cut.
Thundereggs are interesting formations... Regardless which way you cut one you will produce a fair to really nice specimen. The reason you want to cut them proper though is to display the waterline (banded agate) the proper way. Also any Moss or rare Plume inclusions most always form top to bottom and if you cut one of these wrong, well.... good bye plume!
I'll try to get some pictures of rough Thundereggs and show some samples on how to cut.
Jason
|
|
chromenut
fully equipped rock polisher
![*](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/stars/star_green.png) ![*](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/stars/star_green.png)
Member since December 2009
Posts: 1,971
|
Post by chromenut on Mar 11, 2010 7:15:49 GMT -5
I know this is a stupid question to many of you experts, but why is it called a thunder egg and not just a solid geode??
|
|
rockhound97058
freely admits to licking rocks
![*](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/stars/star_pink.png) ![*](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/stars/star_pink.png)
Thundereggs - Oregons Official State Rock!
Member since January 2006
Posts: 760
|
Post by rockhound97058 on Mar 11, 2010 11:56:16 GMT -5
The Term Thunderegg goes back to the Native Americans. They believe these are weapons of gods brought in from the Thunderbird. They believe the gods of Oregon Mount Jefferson and Mount Hood used these as weapons against each other. The true "geological" name of the Thunderegg is Lithophysae.
There has also been controversy over the use Thunderegg as one word, or Thunder Egg as two words... I cannot recall the meaning of each, but will find it again.
Now there is a difference in formation as well between a Thunderegg and a Geode. All Thundereggs are volcanic in formation. Geodes for the most part are sedimentary in formation. Most Thundereggs are always completely filled in with a solid core of various materials, however we commonly do find hollow Thundereggs which we just refer to as a Thundereggs with a hollow center. Nothing fancy ;D
|
|
|
Post by kap on Mar 11, 2010 14:40:12 GMT -5
Jason thanks for all the info ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Keith
|
|