G’day! Thank you mega heaps for watching. I tried to do some researching and explaining about Thunderegg goodness this week, but if I’ve got anything wrong or you have anything to add please leave a comment. I’d love to learn. I’m struggling to get back to every one at the moment but trust me I LOVE reading them. Until next weeks video I wish for happy healthy good times and happy hounding for each of you. See you soon and again, thank you 🙏
Hey mate! I also made a thunder egg video about a month and a bit ago trying to explain how they form! Would love any feedback you have :) ruclips.net/video/GJveeznq_6g/видео.html
G'day! You've done nothing wrong...LOL, just wanted to let you know not to worry, no one really completely understands why they make that star pattern. If you ever want any thunder eggs from Oregon to play around with, just let me know, I'll send you some free of charge! You have no idea how many people you inspire here in the states! We are all always excited for each of your videos to post and your videos are outstanding!
I'm so glad you brought up the native story of the thundereggs. There is a petroglyph in Central Oregon that depicts one of the gods with thundereggs flying through the air behind it. The park has a sign for the petroglyph that states that nobody knows what is depicted though every rockhound I've spoken to that has seen it has a good laugh with me about that. Oregon has beautiful thundereggs and my new home in KY has an abundance of crystal lined geodes. Nature is magic. Thank you so much for the great videos.
The best one was most definitely the one that looked like mountains with little trees on and stormy clouds... Can't wait to see that one polished up 👍💕💕💕
The thunder clouds in the thunder egg, that landscape, cherry on top of the sunday! What beautiful Eggs you've got, thanks for sharing all the eye candy. Always a treat, Jesse, Cheers!
EGG-CELLENT❣️ Thank for the info. I like how you and other good rock hounders don’t hesitate to state that you don’t know it all and are still learning. You get a Thundering Ovation from us here in the Western U S. Keep on Rockin!
Aren't they beautiful! I have to confess that I have a problem in retaining information. I can read about various rocks & understand there formations, how they come about to be. But if I tried to explain to someone about it, I just can't. I don't know why. Anyway I've had a great love for stones since I was little. You find them. Cut & polish them. Sometimes some are so beautiful as they are. Thank you for showing these glorious thunder eggs. They speak for themselves. Simply beautiful! Can't wait for the next episode! Love & peace.
I have lived in Oregon my entire life 50+ years, rockhounding everywhere. I have researched why some thunder eggs grow in a star pattern and still the answer (even from the local university and gem clubs) is.... no one really knows why! In one particular area we have/had gem quality opal inside of rhyolite thunder eggs. I watch your channel all the time. Best videos on RUclips for sure!
Oh man thank you so so much for the massive compliment Alex mate. I’m so glad you enjoy the videos. I know right, even with the growth of agates, no on really can say for certain how it happens. There’s theories and stuff but not definite proof. I kinda reckon that makes them even more awesome right 😁👍
I live in Washington state and have travelled all over Washington and most of Central Oregon for Thundereggs over the past 10 years and many other gems and minerals. You have some amazing ones there. I would love to trade and send you some of what we have found and cut open from over here in the states. I travelled to Kentucky a few months ago and pulled out a 48 lb T-egg, but couldn’t find anyone to cut it open for me. It is currently being watched over by my best friend until she can find someone to cut it or she rolls her 20’ saw out of storage. I was too cheap to pay $150.00 to ship it home without knowing how it looked inside and it wouldn’t fit in my luggage. 🤣 I LOVE all rocks and minerals, including Fossils. I forgot to add that we have fluorescent T-eggs that glow , fluores, green when under a UV light. You should try using a UV light and black light to some of your T-eggs to see if any fluores.
The one that you said, "looks like a map", and then flipped it up, had a clear satellite view of Italy!!! 10:21 Thanks for the video, mate. I have to close my eyes when you cut those eggs in half with your fingers so close to the blade, but I love the result!
Wow! Those rectangular ones at the end! Amazing! Those cloud lines - wow! And yes the other one did look like a map - it even has the Italy boot on the end
WOW! Those are all so beautiful and amazing. The giant thunder egg is gorgeous!🤩 I do love the blues and grays, my favorite. Thank for another awesome video!👍✌😎
The green is native in your area, as I mentioned before those minerals are in your area, the question is can you track the back to the source, it will be more concentrated further upstream, but where.
Dude that one at 5:45 did NOT Look the way i was expecting😳 those things are fantastic dude! Those smoky quartz vugs are so fantastic!😁 no favorites, theyre all just craziness😳 awesome video as always dude! Looking forward to the next one!😄
Make an epoxy table out of that big beauty! These are awesome man. We'll Jesse, its been an awesome journey watching all of your videos. I learned so much from you. Rock identification, cutting, shaping, polishing, what to look for, things to know, safety, having the right attitude, patience and discipline. So many tips and tricks. I'm so grateful for your channel and being apart of this amazing community, learning and growing with you through your videos. Now it's time for me go out and take what I've learned from you and the community and explore myself. Every video just inspired me more. I'm all positive and high vibrations, good rock days bad rock days it's all worth the journey of life! I will be rewatching videos as needed when it comes to me trying new things so I will keep you updated on my progress along the way as I grow too. My family and I love you! Thank you Jesse!
Love the cuts on the last couple or so thunder eggs cut into rectangles; the first one really does look like it is a mountian range scene, and the other easily looks like a small portion of a really nice map or globe! Makes me wonder if the rocks can be cut in spheres. I don't know anything about cutting rocks, just wondering. Learning about geology and how rocks were formed has always been interesting to me. I appreciate that you mentioned not wanting to share too much about how thunder eggs are formed, because you're in the midst of absorbing the info yourself, and you don't want to teach the material incorrectly. That shows respect for yourself and your audience! Bravo, stay curious, keep learning! Watched the video again, also love the one that looks like a lake with a deep bowl on the left side and ice forming all around the lake edges. It's like a tiny world trapped inside the rock.
Those 2 pieces at the end looked AWESOME!! I think they may turn out more beautiful than the other eggs you cut . At first when you said you mite cut or breakup the giant one I was like OH NO !! But after seeing those 2 you cut at the end , I would probably try to cut a few more pieces. I am glad I don’t have to make the decision!! Lol ! Keep rockin!!👍😎
Fantastic video! Supposed to start raining hard this weekend which will bring the fire watch down up here in Washington. My daughter and I are bound and determined to go on our thundereggs search. Thank you so much for sharing these were so beautiful
The colors you get in those eggs are spectacular! And the patterns! Wow! I didn't know about the origin of the name "thunder egg", and I live in Oregon! Thanks for a fun and informative video!
Very captivating beauties those thundereggs ya got sliced and polished up nice! So aesthetically pleasing. The creams, whites, greens grays and the deep red awww man! It's easy to get lost in those patterns and think how they formed and all the different minerals interacting with one another to give us different colors and shapes. Good to stay humble eh and always feel like we are rookies because to mother earth we are 😁 Loved the video, Jesse! 🤙
Hiya Jessie, hey I always say...... never judge a stone by its outer cover. Because you never know what is in the inside. I have stones that are ugly as all get out, they are sooooo ugly.......but are so beautiful inside 😍. I'll tell you what kind they are.... they are......fire agates. Look them up. And you will see the beauty inside. Awesome video mate 👍. I hope you have a awesome blessed weekend. Cya! 😺🐟out!
You are a artist. To cut, shape and polish a rough stone or rock into a luster of captivating beauty. I've cut two sample pieces and now am pondering how to cut some of my favorite finds into a work of art I hope. Thank you so very much for your videos.
Ohhhhhhh! That makes me so happy that youre confident enough to approach cutting some of your favourite finds! Believe me Rose. You can do it! And enjoy what you make. They only get better trust me 😁✨
Informative. Thank u! I'm an amateur Rockhound person. I appreciate knowing that now I need a saw!! I only Dremel the designs I see on rocks right now.
🤗😊😁😃 Happy happy!lol They really are amazing. Just love the picture ones. Flippin hec!...you read my mind & confirmed what a friend showed me(a big chunk of 'Geode' with green chalcedony) inside. Awesome 👍
I think Ragnar needs an Agatemaster! The one around @6:00 is my favorite! Killer specimen! That pocket of smoky quartz in that one is fair dinkum EPIC! I look forward to seeing the amazing polish you're going to give em!
Its funny that you posted this right about when I started polishing mine. The tile saw is running late...and between the time I ordered it and now I managed to pass my drivers exam, get a license and get a car. Working on a bunch of chalcedony, among other things
Hi Jesse, thanks for all your videos, ive been watching for a while but haven’t piped up to say how much I appreciate your content. I borrowed a buddy’s wet saw this weekend and your tips/ advice made me confident enough to cut open some agates I’ve been collecting all year- (especially your tip that “a continuous blade can’t cut you”!). I ended up with a few really pretty slices, thank you for showing me how to do it!
Wow! Wow! Wow! Stunning 🤩 You’ve changed my mind about thundereggs. I was never that interested in them. Now I must find some 😂. The piece that looks like a map is mind blowing 🤯. Love your channel! Thanks for the 🎥 Stay Crystal 💫
Awsome vid mate, i went to a place called Mount Hay thunder egg tourist park last week while on holidays and collected some amazing thunder eggs and rainforest jasper. Totally recommend stopping in if your ever up that way (Rockhampton)
Awesome awesome wow your sure got some real eye catchers fantastic job on cutting great job on explaining the thunder eggs and minerals you got I have no doubt when you polish them up they will be stunning thank you my friend for sharing
Wow so beautiful, I have only been polishing rocks for a year and I have had some good results and some bad, I love watching thunder eggs being cut open its so fascinating. I have a lot of rocks that I don’t know what they are and I can’t wait to see if they polish up. Thanks for sharing stay safe and well.
:) You kinda mixed the origin of vesicular agate and thunder eggs. Vesicles are pockets of gas that got captured as the lava cooled, they're ~spherical. Thunder eggs occupy areas where rhyolite has undergone cooling shrinkage, and are hence always angular. From my experience, both pronunciations of botryoidal are acceptable. :) The 'white dots' beside the smoky crystals might be a clay mineral of some type. I'm still learning about those, and how they contribute to agate formation, which, still nobody knows for *sure* for sure how exactly it forms. Some truly stunning pieces there tho my friend! Nice job!
The pieces towards the end that are more squared chunks are absolutely amazing! I'm a novice for sure .... so any help hints on polishing ??? Like tools, compounds or techniques u use. Anyone can purchase a tumbler & allow it to do all the work... so I'm looking for more DIY helpful hints... Love your channel & keep posting for us all to see!!!
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!! It sounds like they are formed similar to geodes?! That’s so cool!! I’m going to go hit the pits out here in Utah before the snow falls. I’d love to send you some of our Thunder eggs and Geodes to cut open! Like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get😆
Just an example how two people can see two very different interpretations of the same object. The portion you said looks like Thunderclouds, I looked at and immediately thought of a coastline. The banded portions looking like the larger waves having crashed upon the shore and retreating, while a river empties out into the bay. Beautiful stones. And i look forward to your choices for the remaining parts of that massive thunder egg.
Cool video.. I recently came across a good size Rock and Gem Collection at an estate Sale they basically gave it all to me. your Channel has helped me see the Beauty in alot of the pieces especially after rinsing them off with water wow" learn something new every day...
G’day! Thank you mega heaps for watching. I tried to do some researching and explaining about Thunderegg goodness this week, but if I’ve got anything wrong or you have anything to add please leave a comment. I’d love to learn.
I’m struggling to get back to every one at the moment but trust me I LOVE reading them. Until next weeks video I wish for happy healthy good times and happy hounding for each of you. See you soon and again, thank you 🙏
😎 👏 ✌️
Hey mate! I also made a thunder egg video about a month and a bit ago trying to explain how they form! Would love any feedback you have :) ruclips.net/video/GJveeznq_6g/видео.html
G'day! You've done nothing wrong...LOL, just wanted to let you know not to worry, no one really completely understands why they make that star pattern. If you ever want any thunder eggs from Oregon to play around with, just let me know, I'll send you some free of charge! You have no idea how many people you inspire here in the states! We are all always excited for each of your videos to post and your videos are outstanding!
I'm so glad you brought up the native story of the thundereggs. There is a petroglyph in Central Oregon that depicts one of the gods with thundereggs flying through the air behind it. The park has a sign for the petroglyph that states that nobody knows what is depicted though every rockhound I've spoken to that has seen it has a good laugh with me about that. Oregon has beautiful thundereggs and my new home in KY has an abundance of crystal lined geodes. Nature is magic. Thank you so much for the great videos.
Oh my gosh... I haven't met anyone , or seen anyone, with the appreciation like Myself! I found the beauty the other day!
9:23 That piece is absolutely gorgeous! Definitely looks like someone painted it
The best one was most definitely the one that looked like mountains with little trees on and stormy clouds... Can't wait to see that one polished up 👍💕💕💕
No better way than to wake up to a Rookie Rockhound video. Cheers mate, you're my favorite rockhound. 👍
Thank you so much Mike, your support is so massively appreciated brother 🙏
Love them all Jesse, but dang those last 2 are just beautiful. You’re right they do look like mountains and clouds. Cheers to the next hunt.
That last piece was absolutely stunning!
It's like looking down into a little rock pool. Something new to see every time
The thunder clouds in the thunder egg, that landscape, cherry on top of the sunday! What beautiful Eggs you've got, thanks for sharing all the eye candy. Always a treat, Jesse, Cheers!
9:30 2 twisters descending, and green is perfect because everything FEELS green when storm moves in.
I love how you say "stuff " to describe the rocks, it covers a lot of not sure
Glorious wonders of nature are thunderously good.
I love hearing you say to the stones " look at you". Warms my neart.❤
EGG-CELLENT❣️ Thank for the info. I like how you and other good rock hounders don’t hesitate to state that you don’t know it all and are still learning. You get a Thundering Ovation from us here in the Western U S. Keep on Rockin!
Yes I can see the clouds and moutains? With your imagination I'm sure there are many things you can do with the huge thunder egg? It's so beautiful!
Those are the most beautiful thunder eggs I've ever seen. My favorite is the landscape one. Stunning.
✌&❤
Aren't they beautiful! I have to confess that I have a problem in retaining information. I can read about various rocks & understand there formations, how they come about to be. But if I tried to explain to someone about it, I just can't. I don't know why. Anyway I've had a great love for stones since I was little. You find them. Cut & polish them. Sometimes some are so beautiful as they are. Thank you for showing these glorious thunder eggs. They speak for themselves. Simply beautiful! Can't wait for the next episode! Love & peace.
Definitely Mountains and Thunder clouds. They are all so beautiful.
Those little guys sure do melt your heart don't they👌
Mountains one side. Waves curling before the rocky shore on the other. Wow, some nice pieces. Thanks.
I have lived in Oregon my entire life 50+ years, rockhounding everywhere. I have researched why some thunder eggs grow in a star pattern and still the answer (even from the local university and gem clubs) is.... no one really knows why! In one particular area we have/had gem quality opal inside of rhyolite thunder eggs. I watch your channel all the time. Best videos on RUclips for sure!
Oh man thank you so so much for the massive compliment Alex mate. I’m so glad you enjoy the videos.
I know right, even with the growth of agates, no on really can say for certain how it happens. There’s theories and stuff but not definite proof. I kinda reckon that makes them even more awesome right 😁👍
I live in Washington state and have travelled all over Washington and most of Central Oregon for Thundereggs over the past 10 years and many other gems and minerals.
You have some amazing ones there.
I would love to trade and send you some of what we have found and cut open from over here in the states.
I travelled to Kentucky a few months ago and pulled out a 48 lb T-egg, but couldn’t find anyone to cut it open for me. It is currently being watched over by my best friend until she can find someone to cut it or she rolls her 20’ saw out of storage. I was too cheap to pay $150.00 to ship it home without knowing how it looked inside and it wouldn’t fit in my luggage. 🤣
I LOVE all rocks and minerals, including Fossils.
I forgot to add that we have fluorescent T-eggs that glow , fluores, green when under a UV light. You should try using a UV light and black light to some of your T-eggs to see if any fluores.
Beautiful!!! Specially those 'landscape and map' stones!!! Awsome!!
These were my favorite along too! Along with the light and dark one with the smokey quartz and lil white circles! Amazing rocks all! FANTASTIC video!
Those thundereggs are so beautiful. You truly have some beautiful rocks and agates over there. Thanks for sharing.
The one that you said, "looks like a map", and then flipped it up, had a clear satellite view of Italy!!! 10:21 Thanks for the video, mate. I have to close my eyes when you cut those eggs in half with your fingers so close to the blade, but I love the result!
Great rocks 🤩💪💪💪👍👍👌💎💎I like it 🤩
Wow! Those rectangular ones at the end! Amazing! Those cloud lines - wow!
And yes the other one did look like a map - it even has the Italy boot on the end
Mate, those picture stones are insane, especially the mountain ranges with storm clouds. Love it.
Amazing Thundereggs!
Ah so beautiful! Glad the big one has some further work coming. 😁
WOW! Those are all so beautiful and amazing. The giant thunder egg is gorgeous!🤩 I do love the blues and grays, my favorite. Thank for another awesome video!👍✌😎
Weekly updates. Sounds like a plan!! Was wondering if you have a P.O. Box I could send you some goodies to cut from the states?? 🤔
The green is native in your area, as I mentioned before those minerals are in your area, the question is can you track the back to the source, it will be more concentrated further upstream, but where.
Dude that one at 5:45 did NOT Look the way i was expecting😳 those things are fantastic dude! Those smoky quartz vugs are so fantastic!😁 no favorites, theyre all just craziness😳 awesome video as always dude! Looking forward to the next one!😄
Gorgeous! And much love back and enjoying your treasures.
Make an epoxy table out of that big beauty! These are awesome man. We'll Jesse, its been an awesome journey watching all of your videos. I learned so much from you. Rock identification, cutting, shaping, polishing, what to look for, things to know, safety, having the right attitude, patience and discipline. So many tips and tricks. I'm so grateful for your channel and being apart of this amazing community, learning and growing with you through your videos. Now it's time for me go out and take what I've learned from you and the community and explore myself. Every video just inspired me more. I'm all positive and high vibrations, good rock days bad rock days it's all worth the journey of life! I will be rewatching videos as needed when it comes to me trying new things so I will keep you updated on my progress along the way as I grow too. My family and I love you! Thank you Jesse!
Thunder eggs are so beautiful! Thank you for showing us how beautiful and explaining how they form!!
Loving the broken one with the mountain scene. Thanks for sharing your finds.
You don’t want to bore us 😂 Never mate! I love your videos. Thank you 😊
Love the cuts on the last couple or so thunder eggs cut into rectangles; the first one really does look like it is a mountian range scene, and the other easily looks like a small portion of a really nice map or globe!
Makes me wonder if the rocks can be cut in spheres. I don't know anything about cutting rocks, just wondering. Learning about geology and how rocks were formed has always been interesting to me.
I appreciate that you mentioned not wanting to share too much about how thunder eggs are formed, because you're in the midst of absorbing the info yourself, and you don't want to teach the material incorrectly. That shows respect for yourself and your audience! Bravo, stay curious, keep learning!
Watched the video again, also love the one that looks like a lake with a deep bowl on the left side and ice forming all around the lake edges. It's like a tiny world trapped inside the rock.
Oh thank you so much for the beautiful comment!
I liked the two pieces that were just chunks better than the other ones! They just looked so vivid.
GREAT JOB.!!! THOSE SPECIMENS WHERE NICE BROTHER.!!! THOSE WHERE MY FAVORITES.!! 🤜🤛
Thank you Sean mate!
Slices of some of the eggs would make beautiful pendants. I am in love with rocks also. Keep up the search. Your videos are great.
Thank you so much!
I am totally lost for words. The colors are just gorgeous. And the depth of some are unreal. Well done...
I thoroughly enjoyed this video and such beautiful thundereggs to show off to boot!
I would love to have a saw that big!
Hey Rookie you never bore us. We love it
The last specimen is gorgeous! Thanks for the video, as always, it's a nice break from the day.
dude, you got me inspired as hell right now bro. some beautiful pieces here. much love.
Those 2 pieces at the end looked AWESOME!! I think they may turn out more beautiful than the other eggs you cut . At first when you said you mite cut or breakup the giant one I was like OH NO !! But after seeing those 2 you cut at the end , I would probably try to cut a few more pieces. I am glad I don’t have to make the decision!! Lol !
Keep rockin!!👍😎
Fantastic video Jesse! Couldn't stop looking at the one with the cloud looking lines, great specimens!
Love to watch your cut & the surprises that are revealed💞.
We have geodes in Florida…they aren’t as pretty, fewer colors. Love the greens❣️
I love it!!!
My tile saw has been in storage, can't wait to cut rocks.
Thank you, you're so funny.
Fantastic video! Supposed to start raining hard this weekend which will bring the fire watch down up here in Washington. My daughter and I are bound and determined to go on our thundereggs search. Thank you so much for sharing these were so beautiful
The colors you get in those eggs are spectacular! And the patterns! Wow! I didn't know about the origin of the name "thunder egg", and I live in Oregon! Thanks for a fun and informative video!
I live near Central Oregon and have buckets of uncut thundereggs from Richardson's Rock ranch and Lucky strike mine.
Very captivating beauties those thundereggs ya got sliced and polished up nice! So aesthetically pleasing. The creams, whites, greens grays and the deep red awww man! It's easy to get lost in those patterns and think how they formed and all the different minerals interacting with one another to give us different colors and shapes. Good to stay humble eh and always feel like we are rookies because to mother earth we are 😁 Loved the video, Jesse! 🤙
The second last one you showed it reminded me of looking down on to a land scape of land and the ocean and the lines are waves so pretty mate 💗😍👌🏾
Hiya Jessie, hey I always say...... never judge a stone by its outer cover. Because you never know what is in the inside.
I have stones that are ugly as all get out, they are sooooo ugly.......but are so beautiful inside 😍. I'll tell you what kind they are....
they are......fire agates. Look them up. And you will see the beauty inside.
Awesome video mate 👍. I hope you have a awesome blessed weekend. Cya!
😺🐟out!
Such beautiful colours and shapes and amazing textures to look at.
gooday mate. Not much to say this week except, Far Out they are just bloomin marvellous Jessie. Thanks for sharing Mrs natures secrets once again
You are a artist.
To cut, shape and polish a rough stone or rock into a luster of captivating beauty.
I've cut two sample pieces and now am pondering how to cut some of my favorite finds into a work of art I hope.
Thank you so very much for your videos.
Ohhhhhhh! That makes me so happy that youre confident enough to approach cutting some of your favourite finds! Believe me Rose. You can do it! And enjoy what you make. They only get better trust me 😁✨
Informative. Thank u! I'm an amateur Rockhound person. I appreciate knowing that now I need a saw!! I only Dremel the designs I see on rocks right now.
🤗😊😁😃 Happy happy!lol
They really are amazing. Just love the picture ones.
Flippin hec!...you read my mind & confirmed what a friend showed me(a big chunk of 'Geode' with green chalcedony) inside.
Awesome 👍
Enjoyed your video. Thanks for posting and happy rock stuff to you too.
I think Ragnar needs an Agatemaster! The one around @6:00 is my favorite! Killer specimen! That pocket of smoky quartz in that one is fair dinkum EPIC! I look forward to seeing the amazing polish you're going to give em!
Beautiful stones down there.
Its funny that you posted this right about when I started polishing mine. The tile saw is running late...and between the time I ordered it and now I managed to pass my drivers exam, get a license and get a car. Working on a bunch of chalcedony, among other things
Have you ever tried to tumble a thunderegg? I found a golfball sized one that I want to try but I've never seen it done.
Hi Jesse, thanks for all your videos, ive been watching for a while but haven’t piped up to say how much I appreciate your content. I borrowed a buddy’s wet saw this weekend and your tips/ advice made me confident enough to cut open some agates I’ve been collecting all year- (especially your tip that “a continuous blade can’t cut you”!). I ended up with a few really pretty slices, thank you for showing me how to do it!
Wow! Wow! Wow! Stunning 🤩
You’ve changed my mind about thundereggs. I was never that interested in them. Now I must find some 😂. The piece that looks like a map is mind blowing 🤯.
Love your channel!
Thanks for the 🎥
Stay Crystal 💫
That was rad bro... Much love to you too and all that rock stuff
👊😎
From Canada, Nice videos, I love rocks, thanks for sharing!! Keep safe,
This video was fascinating, beautiful, peaceful, and relaxing. As always, I’m left wanting more. Big love from California!
Awsome vid mate, i went to a place called Mount Hay thunder egg tourist park last week while on holidays and collected some amazing thunder eggs and rainforest jasper. Totally recommend stopping in if your ever up that way (Rockhampton)
Oh man Justin it is definitely on my bucket list. I’ll have to make a trip up there one day. I’ve seen pictures and they look beautiful 🤘👍😁
Awesome awesome wow your sure got some real eye catchers fantastic job on cutting great job on explaining the thunder eggs and minerals you got I have no doubt when you polish them up they will be stunning thank you my friend for sharing
Those cuts are all so nice.
Just beautiful! love thunder eggs!
You’re so awesome! Love your positive attitude & vibes…! ❤️
Thank you Bebo, so sorry, sometimes I get back to comments way too late but I always read them when the come through 😊
Excellent, those pieces are so beautiful xxx
"rock stuff" made me smile
Fantastic video. Stay humble.
Good work mate, some of those looked spectacular
Thanks for sharing Jesse, they all look stunning in their own way. Be nice to find some over here in the west. Keep safe and rock on
Your videos never disappoint!! So many amazing pieces! I love the mountains and clouds specimen.....beautiful!!
Have been enjoying your channel for a long time.... these slices from the 'eggs' were wonderful. Much respect and future success in your pursuits!
Wow just great finds. Thanks for another great video.
Wow so beautiful, I have only been polishing rocks for a year and I have had some good results and some bad, I love watching thunder eggs being cut open its so fascinating. I have a lot of rocks that I don’t know what they are and I can’t wait to see if they polish up. Thanks for sharing stay safe and well.
Great video my friend and amazing rocks!!
Thank you. Beautiful pieces.
:) You kinda mixed the origin of vesicular agate and thunder eggs. Vesicles are pockets of gas that got captured as the lava cooled, they're ~spherical. Thunder eggs occupy areas where rhyolite has undergone cooling shrinkage, and are hence always angular. From my experience, both pronunciations of botryoidal are acceptable. :)
The 'white dots' beside the smoky crystals might be a clay mineral of some type. I'm still learning about those, and how they contribute to agate formation, which, still nobody knows for *sure* for sure how exactly it forms.
Some truly stunning pieces there tho my friend! Nice job!
Oh my gosh...I had to look away when your fingers got so close to the saw! 🤦🤦🤦 I'd love to go thunder egg fossicking 😁
Always enjoy your videos :) I hope to travel to AU one day and plan on doing some rockhounding
The pieces towards the end that are more squared chunks are absolutely amazing!
I'm a novice for sure .... so any help hints on polishing ??? Like tools, compounds or techniques u use. Anyone can purchase a tumbler & allow it to do all the work... so I'm looking for more DIY helpful hints...
Love your channel & keep posting for us all to see!!!
Excellent stuff! Thunder eggs are so neat-o
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!! It sounds like they are formed similar to geodes?! That’s so cool!! I’m going to go hit the pits out here in Utah before the snow falls. I’d love to send you some of our Thunder eggs and Geodes to cut open! Like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get😆
Those specimen pieces are breathtaking, if I had a slice I’d make a free form pendant. So yummy 😋
Just an example how two people can see two very different interpretations of the same object. The portion you said looks like Thunderclouds, I looked at and immediately thought of a coastline. The banded portions looking like the larger waves having crashed upon the shore and retreating, while a river empties out into the bay. Beautiful stones. And i look forward to your choices for the remaining parts of that massive thunder egg.
Cool video.. I recently came across a good size Rock and Gem Collection at an estate Sale they basically gave it all to me. your Channel has helped me see the Beauty in alot of the pieces especially after rinsing them off with water wow" learn something new every day...
Ohhhh that is so awesome! Thank you mate!
Amazing! What a treat to find and then there is a present inside. Love your rockhounding adventures and your desire to learn!