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Post by woodman on Dec 28, 2023 17:31:58 GMT -5
 This is why I do not pass up on one that has a cap popped off. Richardson's. |
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Post by titaniumkid on Mar 27, 2024 19:26:15 GMT -5
It's well and truly Thursday in the eastern hemisphere, so thunderegg time. This piece of rainforest jasper (rhyolite) from Mt Hay, Qld Aus, has very distinctive small thundereggs in it. The top left thunderegg is approximately 17 mm (close to .75 inches?). The rock has been in 80 grit for many weeks and is shown wet.  |
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Post by chris1956 on Mar 27, 2024 20:06:11 GMT -5
Wow! That is very interesting and the polish is great!
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Post by realrockhound on Mar 27, 2024 20:18:05 GMT -5
Are those thundereggs or just orbs. Not overly familiar with the material
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Post by titaniumkid on Mar 28, 2024 0:08:00 GMT -5
Wow! That is very interesting and the polish is great! The polish is water  They can be hard to get a good, consistent shine on. And I may stuff that up. |
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Post by titaniumkid on Mar 28, 2024 0:28:34 GMT -5
Are those thundereggs or just orbs. Not overly familiar with the material You're right. There are lots of orbs. Some are filled with agate and other siliceous material. Some of the orbs on this rock look dead spit of small thundereggs, and my understanding is they are small thundereggs that haven't eroded from the rhyolite matrix. |
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 28, 2024 7:10:20 GMT -5
That's beautiful and interesting. Do you have more that you are working on?
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 28, 2024 7:24:06 GMT -5
Beautiful!
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Post by MsAli on Mar 28, 2024 9:57:31 GMT -5
I haven't looked through this in awhile.
Reminded that I love these things!
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Post by titaniumkid on Apr 1, 2024 22:26:32 GMT -5
That's beautiful and interesting. Do you have more that you are working on? Sorry for the late reply. I didn't see this. I have a bunch of tumbler-sized rough rainforest jasper and it's slowly working through coarse grit. It's fun to see the patterns emerge. The small embedded thundereggs were a pleasant surprise. |
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Post by wargrafix on May 17, 2024 11:35:32 GMT -5
I wish I had some of those. Those are the dream child of geode/agate/thunderegg goodness. 10,000/100 |
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Post by realrockhound on May 17, 2024 11:47:41 GMT -5
I wish I had some of those. Those are the dream child of geode/agate/thunderegg goodness. 10,000/100 These come out of a bed my grandpa mined out years back. Was a relatively small deposit. Only ones left in existence are the small collection I have left and the small amount that has been sold by a guy I sold them to. |
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Post by wargrafix on May 17, 2024 12:58:10 GMT -5
I wish I had some of those. Those are the dream child of geode/agate/thunderegg goodness. 10,000/100 These come out of a bed my grandpa mined out years back. Was a relatively small deposit. Only ones left in existence are the small collection I have left and the small amount that has been sold by a guy I sold them to. Truly beautiful things are truly rare and thats some of the best stuff I have ever seen |
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Post by realrockhound on May 17, 2024 13:49:19 GMT -5
These come out of a bed my grandpa mined out years back. Was a relatively small deposit. Only ones left in existence are the small collection I have left and the small amount that has been sold by a guy I sold them to. Truly beautiful things are truly rare and thats some of the best stuff I have ever seen go back to page 21 and look at a couple I posted there. One is an absolute stunner |
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Post by wargrafix on May 17, 2024 14:03:17 GMT -5
Truly beautiful things are truly rare and thats some of the best stuff I have ever seen go back to page 21 and look at a couple I posted there. One is an absolute stunner That second one is the thing of dreams. No disrespect to the first one. To have one of these would be perfect. These look like an autumn forest after a flood the transparent quartz looking like water. Reminds me of nasa ariel photos of forests |
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Post by realrockhound on May 17, 2024 14:13:27 GMT -5
go back to page 21 and look at a couple I posted there. One is an absolute stunner That second one is the thing of dreams. No disrespect to the first one. To have one of these would be perfect. These look like an autumn forest after a flood the transparent quartz looking like water. Reminds me of nasa ariel photos of forests From what I found out they were pretty sought after as far as thundereggs go. A small batch got out like 20 years ago and people apparently really wanted them. I sold some that I had at the house and got a good chunk of money for them. |
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Post by realrockhound on May 17, 2024 14:14:23 GMT -5
I think further back in this thread I have more posted. One has a white opal matrix with gold plumes in it. Dunno where it is, but page 20 has more and another super nice one.
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Post by wargrafix on May 17, 2024 14:26:44 GMT -5
I have been perusing the images. Most of them are picture perfect. Thats not to say the other thundereggs are slouching.
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Post by realrockhound on May 18, 2024 21:11:17 GMT -5
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They can be hard to get a good, consistent shine on. And I may stuff that up. 
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