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stardiamond gets rocks for Christmas Member since July 2007 Posts: 6,085	What to do? May 3, 2021 13:45:12 GMT -5 miket likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stardiamond on May 3, 2021 13:45:12 GMT -5 Id the thunderegg and should I make a cab with it. 5.8oz
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MsAli misunderstood rock expert Member since October 2017 Posts: 11,455	What to do? May 3, 2021 13:55:33 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by MsAli on May 3, 2021 13:55:33 GMT -5 Bakers ranch? And yes that would make a pretty cab
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stardiamond gets rocks for Christmas Member since July 2007 Posts: 6,085	What to do? May 3, 2021 14:05:10 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stardiamond on May 3, 2021 14:05:10 GMT -5 Thanks. The piece is about 1 1/2 inches in depth and there is a lot of color showing on the pointy end. I'm gluing the face to a board with water glass and will take a slice off the back.
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HankRocks driving up their electric bill Member since July 2016 Posts: 2,659	What to do? May 3, 2021 14:14:59 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by HankRocks on May 3, 2021 14:14:59 GMT -5 It's probably from one of the Oregon beds. It's not Baker Ranch as the matrix around the center is not right.
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stardiamond gets rocks for Christmas Member since July 2007 Posts: 6,085	What to do? May 3, 2021 14:26:20 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stardiamond on May 3, 2021 14:26:20 GMT -5 I know little about thundereggs, so I looked at pictures. It looks like something from one of the Priday beds at Richardson Ranch. Too nice to be a specimen.
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What to do? May 3, 2021 15:04:31 GMT -5 RWA3006 and Peruano like this

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Thundereggs have become some of my favorite material to cab. There's such a variety of different things that can come up in a Thunderegg, that I find they're like one of those Easter eggs with the toys inside them!

With this particular egg, I see there's some fine fractures in the matrix. I'd be inclined to try and use as little of the matrix as possible in any cab made from this one. Usually I tend to try and get as much of the matrix in the cab as is feasible (or that visually makes sense) - without jeopardizing the structural integrity of the cab, as the matrix is far less solid than the interior.

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stardiamond gets rocks for Christmas Member since July 2007 Posts: 6,085	What to do? May 4, 2021 16:07:56 GMT -5 miket and jasoninsd like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stardiamond on May 4, 2021 16:07:56 GMT -5 Two slabs and a heel. The face slab needs to be soaked off the board.
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miket misunderstood rock expert Member since April 2018 Posts: 11,239	What to do? May 4, 2021 16:19:39 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by miket on May 4, 2021 16:19:39 GMT -5 Really like that first cut! Don't forget to show what you do with it, please...
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stardiamond gets rocks for Christmas Member since July 2007 Posts: 6,085	What to do? May 4, 2021 16:30:36 GMT -5 miket and jasoninsd like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stardiamond on May 4, 2021 16:30:36 GMT -5 I don't plan to show matrix on the one on the left. I'll work on the middle one first to see how it works and grind the one on the right to see if it is worth working on.
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stardiamond gets rocks for Christmas Member since July 2007 Posts: 6,085	What to do? May 6, 2021 12:02:51 GMT -5 miket and jasoninsd like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stardiamond on May 6, 2021 12:02:51 GMT -5
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What to do? May 6, 2021 16:24:42 GMT -5

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Post by Rockoonz on May 6, 2021 16:24:42 GMT -5

Richardsons Red or Blue bed would be my first guess, easier to identify if theres a pic of the outside of the egg. The reddish rhyolite ball is the most common color, there are also similar ones where I have collected on the ridge above succor creek.

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