Brian
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Post by Brian on Jan 21, 2021 13:01:58 GMT -5
It must be the day for blue monsters. If you flip that blue one around, it looks like Cookie Monster is upset that he ran out of cookies! |
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 21, 2021 13:40:13 GMT -5
It must be the day for blue monsters. If you flip that blue one around, it looks like Cookie Monster is upset that he ran out of cookies! Yuppers, all Richardson Ranch "Blue bed" eggs... |
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JR8675309
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Post by JR8675309 on Jan 27, 2021 0:17:24 GMT -5
It is Thursday so here is one, Lucky Strike egg! 2020 was the last year that they were open for digging, assume shop in Mitchell will still be open.  Update: per their Facebook page, Lucky Strike will be open in 2021 for digging. I'm so excited because the forest fire smoke kept me away last year. |
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Post by woodman on Jan 27, 2021 12:41:14 GMT -5
It is Thursday so here is one, Lucky Strike egg! 2020 was the last year that they were open for digging, assume shop in Mitchell will still be open. Update: per their Facebook page, Lucky Strike will be open in 2021 for digging. I'm so excited because the forest fire smoke kept me away last year. I saw that. Good news! too many places are closing down. |
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Post by woodman on Jan 28, 2021 15:00:50 GMT -5
Well,  here it is Thursday already! Both Richardson's Found the little one along the road going up the hill to the moss bed! The larger one is a blue bed egg. Photo is a bit washed out, didn't take the time to get it right!! |
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Post by stephan on Feb 4, 2021 11:01:31 GMT -5
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Post by woodman on Feb 4, 2021 12:41:47 GMT -5
another Richardson's  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 4, 2021 13:32:43 GMT -5
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Post by stephan on Feb 4, 2021 14:32:16 GMT -5
I slabbed this Richardson Ranch Thunderegg yesterday. It was the only one out of the batch I slabbed that had a red streak in it.  That's quite interesting. Haven't seen anything quite like that before. It looks like a variation on water-leveling lines, but widely spaced opal. Not sure what to make of the "floaty" specks. Some form of brecciation? Kind of makes it look carbonated. I do have a couple with those opal "speckles," but different:  IMG_8348_Probable Richardson's Ranch thunderegg by Stephan T., on Flickr  IMG_7539_Justin's Easter (Thunder)egg by Stephan T., on Flickr paging 1dave to give some theories about those speckles and your weird leveling lines. Until then, my guess is something akin to brecciation, or partial dissolution of the opal. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 5, 2021 10:11:01 GMT -5
I don't know if this has been posted in the thread or not...I didn't want to go back through nine pages searching...but here's a link to an amazing database of Thundereggs from around the world that I ran across the other night. You can narrow a search to a specific location or do a broad search. They have some amazing pictures and examples of each different Thunderegg. I thought it was pretty cool!  www.thundereggs.co.uk/ |
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Brian
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Post by Brian on Feb 5, 2021 10:57:33 GMT -5
I don't know if this has been posted in the thread or not...I didn't want to go back through nine pages searching...but here's a link to an amazing database of Thundereggs from around the world that I ran across the other night. You can narrow a search to a specific location or do a broad search. They have some amazing pictures and examples of each different Thunderegg. I thought it was pretty cool! www.thundereggs.co.uk/Thanks for sharing that link! I will have to visit later when I have some more free time, but I clicked a few links and there are some amazing thundereggs pictured. 👍 |
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 5, 2021 11:12:38 GMT -5
I slabbed this Richardson Ranch Thunderegg yesterday. It was the only one out of the batch I slabbed that had a red streak in it.   I have about four of these in my shop. They are pretty cool... As for the different eggs of the world, Jason Hinkle and a guy named Ed from the Netherlands has a nice collection of eggs from all over... |
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Post by 1dave on Feb 5, 2021 17:26:10 GMT -5
I slabbed this Richardson Ranch Thunderegg yesterday. It was the only one out of the batch I slabbed that had a red streak in it. That's quite interesting. Haven't seen anything quite like that before. It looks like a variation on water-leveling lines, but widely spaced opal. Not sure what to make of the "floaty" specks. Some form of brecciation? Kind of makes it look carbonated. I do have a couple with those opal "speckles," but different: IMG_8348_Probable Richardson's Ranch thunderegg by Stephan T., on Flickr IMG_7539_Justin's Easter (Thunder)egg by Stephan T., on Flickr paging 1dave to give some theories about those speckles and your weird leveling lines. Until then, my guess is something akin to brecciation, or partial dissolution of the opal. Each "waterline" is from a separate fill sequence. They happen around room temperature and occur over various ground water depths and lengths of time. Above the groundwater line, the hollows remain empty. Some call them "Duds." They have much information to share! Temperature, pressure, pH, Which elements are present in what quantity ALL cause variables. a recent earthquake can provide a LOT of silica gel. The gel can turn into opal, or any different sized molecules. Opal, opal-T, tridymite and cristobalite spheroids (the Uruguay Band), . . . Sometimes a new flow will enter when one was nearing completion, stir everything up and freeze particles in suspension. Ever grow "Magic Rocks"? the metallic salts make wonderful displays! |
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 5, 2021 23:36:43 GMT -5
That's quite interesting. Haven't seen anything quite like that before. It looks like a variation on water-leveling lines, but widely spaced opal. Not sure what to make of the "floaty" specks. Some form of brecciation? Kind of makes it look carbonated. I do have a couple with those opal "speckles," but different: IMG_8348_Probable Richardson's Ranch thunderegg by Stephan T., on Flickr IMG_7539_Justin's Easter (Thunder)egg by Stephan T., on Flickr paging 1dave to give some theories about those speckles and your weird leveling lines. Until then, my guess is something akin to brecciation, or partial dissolution of the opal. Each "waterline" is from a separate fill sequence. They happen around room temperature and occur over various ground water depths and lengths of time. Above the groundwater line, the hollows remain empty. Some call them "Duds." They have much information to share! Temperature, pressure, pH, Which elements are present in what quantity ALL cause variables. a recent earthquake can provide a LOT of silica gel. The gel can turn into opal, or any different sized molecules. Opal, opal-T, tridymite and cristobalite spheroids (the Uruguay Band), . . . Sometimes a new flow will enter when one was nearing completion, stir everything up and freeze particles in suspension. Ever grow "Magic Rocks"? the metallic salts make wonderful displays! Dave, thanks again for chiming in with the info! The Magic Rocks question brought back some old memories!  |
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JR8675309
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Post by JR8675309 on Feb 18, 2021 23:42:17 GMT -5
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 19, 2021 2:11:01 GMT -5
That second one is gorgeous!!! This one:  |
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Post by JR8675309 on Feb 19, 2021 2:25:19 GMT -5
Agree! This is the most amazing egg. I will post more Friday!
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Post by stephan on Feb 23, 2021 19:44:53 GMT -5
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 23, 2021 21:55:08 GMT -5
I think that's the most amazing Thunderegg I've ever seen!!! It's jawdropping Stephan!  * I'm chomping at the bit to post some pics of a couple of the Succor Creek T-eggs I cut the other day...nothing compared to this one, but I like 'em! |
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Post by stephan on Feb 24, 2021 0:34:52 GMT -5
I think that's the most amazing Thunderegg I've ever seen!!! It's jawdropping Stephan! * I'm chomping at the bit to post some pics of a couple of the Succor Creek T-eggs I cut the other day...nothing compared to this one, but I like 'em! Check out more of Tom’s photostream. He owns and has access to amazing agates, and is quite the photographer. |
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