I'm 62, read thousands of books, lived on several continents, watched God knows how many documentaries, but I'd never heard of thunder eggs. Goes to show you - there is always something fantastic to discover.
Thank you for teaching me about thunder eggs, I had never heard of them before & I'm 69 years old I know quite a bit about gems &stones like Moss agate Jasper onyx and so on but thundereggs totally stumped me. I love you learn about Nature's beauties so once again thank you very much for teaching an old woman new tricks lol, have a great life and keep teaching 👍🤗
I have died and gone to heaven! I would GIVE anything to be right there with you. My house is a cave, filled w/ quartz, Amethyst, coral, agate, shells. My heart is soaring just watching, the total aaahhh of pulling MOTHER 🌎 treasures out. WISH I were there!!!
I was fortunate to have found 3 Thunder Eggs this season agate hunting up in the UP of MI by Superior out of a quarry. That specific area has thunder eggs, but it is much more well known for the beautiful Lake Superior agates we find there. A sliced Thunder Egg reminds me, in some ways, of some sliced moss agates. In fact, the first Thunder Egg I found in that area was about the size of a baseball and at first, I thought it was a moss agate. I have one Egg from OR that was given to me by my son in law, who lives out there, and the OR Thunder Eggs seem to have a wider variety of colors than the ones we find in that area of the UP of MI.
I love thunder eggs and all minerals. I used to pan gold in Idaho wilderness. Unfortunately I only got tiny flakes not nuggets, lol. There is an opal mine in nothern Idaho and my friend brought me a rock contained opal a long ago. I also love Agate with scenery.
One of my geodes has gotten broken open more. You know I like it even more now. Now there are two where there was one. The more I learn about these rocks. The more I want to go hunting them.
Im not sure why everyone is saying we don't know how these are formed, we learned about this in seventh grade earth science. Thunder eggs are almost like geodes they form the same way as gold and quartz super heat and under super amounts of pressure turns it all into a slurry of gases that come up from way down and as soon as it finds space it begins to cool and pressure lowers the gases cool condensing and depositing what it carries on to the surrounded rock. Slowly over centuries the void is filled completely making a thunder egg, when the void is not completely filled it's called a geode. Oh you can have both a geode within a thunder egg those are super amazing, but you can't have a thunder egg inside a geode
Kurt Fox listen fuck nuts at 3:25 or so the "expert" says that they dont know how they are formed. And that's bulshit because we do know how they are formed I try and only comment on video topic and or subject, but when you comment on my comment and haven't even watched the video we're talking about, that kinda makes you the loser. Have a nice day
IMO robert wasnt being rude, just making an assumption and the kurt came in calling ppl a loser sooooo... yeah. I guess not everyone can be kind lol. Thanks for the extra explanation. Good comment.
I just found my very first thunder egg. In a dirt lot in my town, just a couple blocks away, *somewhere* in the Mojave desert. Alas, I don't have a big enough blade for it, it's a bit bigger than a softball. God I love rockhounding! I also love how lucky I've been hunting IN TOWN. Methinks nobody but me knows about these places, but since it's not isolated I wonder if people know what I'm doing and move in on my secret locations...
My theory about how geodes are created is that when during an eruption there are globules of lava tossed into the atmosphere that cool enough before landing to form a shell. Then as they become part of the pyroclastic flow steam is injected into them furthering the cooling causing them to seal further and from the partial evaporation of the liquid inside, crystals are formed making the beauty within. Just a thought.
Make jewelry I'd love it..I dug for crystals..in South Carolina..one year..still have em..brought em home.. beautiful..n fun to dig for .I'm addicted Now I need to get a Tumblr
Urghh....this reminds me of my time doing teaching assistantship. I has to polish sections of thunder eggs by hand with just different sized abrasive mess...no tools at all....and this thing is hella hard.....my nemesis
This video is cute but it sure hurt my heart horribly bad. This place is the last rock hunting place I went to with my dad before he passed away from cancer. I lost my rock hunting buddy.
Cameron Driscoll a geode is a non specific term used for any hollow rock with crystaline formations inside, does not mean a thunder eggs isn't a type of geode but it's usually not hollow
Thunder eggs are rhyolite shells with solid jasper agate or crystals, while geodes are hollow with crystal formations. Not synonymous with eachother to answer your question.
Geodes are not always hollow, if given enough time and exposure to dissolved minerals they become solid, the formations in the rocks in the video seem to form exactly the same way, but the rocks the minerals seeped in may have formed slightly different
I'm 62, read thousands of books, lived on several continents, watched God knows how many documentaries, but I'd never heard of thunder eggs. Goes to show you - there is always something fantastic to discover.
Thank you for teaching me about thunder eggs, I had never heard of them before & I'm 69 years old I know quite a bit about gems &stones like Moss agate Jasper onyx and so on but thundereggs totally stumped me. I love you learn about Nature's beauties so once again thank you very much for teaching an old woman new tricks lol, have a great life and keep teaching 👍🤗
Those are nice, looking inside of them really pretty.
I love watching passionate people explain their passion
I was having a tree stone, a thunder egg too with spiney cristial inside and a huge fossile stone in my grandparent home. And i love to see them.
I have learned a little about rock hunting but I have never been out on a hunt. It looks really fun. I do have rocks and geodes and love them all.
These are so beautiful!
Just imagine the gazillions of possible different designs that can be found inside those rocks.
Never heard of this wow those a beautiful
Magnificent treasures. They are wonderful.👍🤩🌏👏👏❤️
Looks like super fun to dig here, would love to bring my kids here.
Thank you rocks, very cool.
I have died and gone to heaven! I would GIVE anything to be right there with you. My house is a cave, filled w/ quartz, Amethyst, coral, agate, shells. My heart is soaring just watching, the total aaahhh of pulling MOTHER 🌎 treasures out. WISH I were there!!!
ROBIN HESS OMG I would love to live in a cave, you are so lucky, that is my dream!
How high are you?
Are you a hobbit?
he didn't mean a literal cave xD
You need help seal your cave with yourself inside problem solved 😉
That dad and his little girl are making some amazing memories.
remember that time we spent the day picking rocks?
I think the Mother is there too hahaha poor Mom
As opposed to "Do you remember the day you spent watching youtube videos on your iPad?"
Their answer: "Which day, they all blend in"! Lol.
By using her to make him money and do his labor? If you say so
Thrill of the hunt ..it great way to connect and spend times with family..😂
love this! what a great hobby! 😊🤩
That Is Truly Beautiful
Thanks tou for showing
I was fortunate to have found 3 Thunder Eggs this season agate hunting up in the UP of MI by Superior out of a quarry. That specific area has thunder eggs, but it is much more well known for the beautiful Lake Superior agates we find there. A sliced Thunder Egg reminds me, in some ways, of some sliced moss agates. In fact, the first Thunder Egg I found in that area was about the size of a baseball and at first, I thought it was a moss agate. I have one Egg from OR that was given to me by my son in law, who lives out there, and the OR Thunder Eggs seem to have a wider variety of colors than the ones we find in that area of the UP of MI.
I love thunder eggs and all minerals. I used to pan gold in Idaho wilderness. Unfortunately I only got tiny flakes not nuggets, lol. There is an opal mine in nothern Idaho and my friend brought me a rock contained opal a long ago. I also love Agate with scenery.
Rock hounding is very addictive. I started 6 months ago, haven't found anything special but I love the hunt
One of my geodes has gotten broken open more. You know I like it even more now. Now there are two where there was one. The more I learn about these rocks. The more I want to go hunting them.
Amazing and mind blowing video what our mother nature has to offer.
This is amazing, the looks of theses eggs are absolutely stunning
I love to dig for thundereggs in Madras, Oregon!
Im not sure why everyone is saying we don't know how these are formed, we learned about this in seventh grade earth science. Thunder eggs are almost like geodes they form the same way as gold and quartz super heat and under super amounts of pressure turns it all into a slurry of gases that come up from way down and as soon as it finds space it begins to cool and pressure lowers the gases cool condensing and depositing what it carries on to the surrounded rock. Slowly over centuries the void is filled completely making a thunder egg, when the void is not completely filled it's called a geode. Oh you can have both a geode within a thunder egg those are super amazing, but you can't have a thunder egg inside a geode
Kurt Fox listen fuck nuts at 3:25 or so the "expert" says that they dont know how they are formed. And that's bulshit because we do know how they are formed
I try and only comment on video topic and or subject, but when you comment on my comment and haven't even watched the video we're talking about, that kinda makes you the loser.
Have a nice day
Kurt Fox bazinga bitch
Kurt Fox finally, a bitch with a little sass! You could be my next ex wife
Soy boys for joy
I for one enjoyed you explaining how they are formed. nice to see a real RUclips comment
IMO robert wasnt being rude, just making an assumption and the kurt came in calling ppl a loser sooooo... yeah. I guess not everyone can be kind lol. Thanks for the extra explanation. Good comment.
Oh wow! Makes me want to go find some now.
THESE ARE ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS
Wow beautiful stones!
So so cool ,, love to cut and see what was in them,,👍🏻👍🏻
Tried this in the height of summer in Australia. Was sweating buckets at the end. Maybe a winter pursuit for us Aussies
Thank you for this great video! Very informative. Makes me want to go to Oregon!
I love these things so beautiful
😮 Ugly outside, Beautiful inside. Lessons from Mother Nature.💖💖💖💖💖
He's so lucky. Spending time with his little girl digging for goodies. I'd give anything to do this with my baby.
I just found my very first thunder egg. In a dirt lot in my town, just a couple blocks away, *somewhere* in the Mojave desert. Alas, I don't have a big enough blade for it, it's a bit bigger than a softball. God I love rockhounding! I also love how lucky I've been hunting IN TOWN. Methinks nobody but me knows about these places, but since it's not isolated I wonder if people know what I'm doing and move in on my secret locations...
WE'RE on our way!
I was watching a standup comedian, but I feel like a video titled, “thunder eggs,” is much more appropriate while on the toilet.
Wow that’s cool ! I would love to find some ! Take care! 😊 peace ✌️ from Welland Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
That one guy with the red hat seems like the brains of the operation to me.
Cool video. Its my 50th birthday and I have been cutting 50lbs of thundereggs for my birthday.. I should be done by next month lol
thanks for the video!
with a title called “Thunder eggs” i had no other option but to watch this video
Cool !!! Ummmm rocks
That big one looks like Joe Dirt's space rock!
IronMadDog big ol frozen chunk of shit
IronMadDog uhhh it’s got a peanut in it
It's a space peanut
IronMadDog I got the poo on me! How much is in there, dang!
Dude I was literally dipping my fries in ketchup as I read this
This was a great video and I super appreciate it!
5:50 "Trapped for eternity, until now." Lol
Very cool, but Lord get them folks some sunblock!
Bhuahahaha
I noticed that too! Holy
IKR
They probably have some they’ve just been in the sun so long.
That guys neck was fried, lol.
This is cool!
Damn nice geodes!
I wish i could banish my worries and go hunt “thunder eggs”
MrRedeyedJedi it'd fun, go to Deming NM
Very cool.
My theory about how geodes are created is that when during an eruption there are globules of lava tossed into the atmosphere that cool enough before landing to form a shell. Then as they become part of the pyroclastic flow steam is injected into them furthering the cooling causing them to seal further and from the partial evaporation of the liquid inside, crystals are formed making the beauty within. Just a thought.
Awsome Red Neck: I'M A ROCKAHOLIC AND I SNIFF ROCKS FOR A LIVING!!!
Amazing!!!
I had no idea of that museum in Hillsboro! I’m so going like tomorrow
When you find any sort of crystal on a rock it feels like a jackpot
Geode is evolving!
Geode evolved into Thunder Egg!
Make jewelry
I'd love it..I dug for crystals..in South Carolina..one year..still have em..brought em home.. beautiful..n fun to dig for .I'm addicted
Now I need to get a Tumblr
i been picking rocks of all kinds for yrs and just learned about thunder eggs right this second smh cool lol
Interesting !
Urghh....this reminds me of my time doing teaching assistantship. I has to polish sections of thunder eggs by hand with just different sized abrasive mess...no tools at all....and this thing is hella hard.....my nemesis
I miss Deming NM rock hunting.
Green shirt guy can tell me a bedtime story anyday
thank you, see you soon !
Awe man I was hoping this was about eggs of the mythical thunderbird
I Like to Rock!
Thats a lot of rocks
Obrigado por mostrar
WOW ITS A ROCK, HOPEFULY I WILL BE ABLE TO GET ME ONE IN ABOUT 300 YEARS, OR SO.
Road trip!!!🚗
cool stuff
Its great what are heavenly father made everything ,and theses rocks are great.
am i the only one who thinks these would make great gun/knife handles?
this is very many in my village .
you can having in the long river...
I think i just like everything
I used to work there at Richardson rock ranch
This video is cute but it sure hurt my heart horribly bad. This place is the last rock hunting place I went to with my dad before he passed away from cancer. I lost my rock hunting buddy.
Look this is one reason why I want to be a geologist
Awesome
Gorgeous. How does these and geodes get made.
Dawn FKA hamilton-doerfler yes
I want some of them. Can i buy it. They are so beautiful.
China beautiful stone Crystal and agate Collection
Need some spaghetti to go along with that meatball...😂
Lovely, digging under Chemtrail Sky.
Mto Lindas! 👏🏼💎💓💓😍
I would love to try this what do i need to get started, where to go?? Wish i could find someone to go with!! maybe they have a club??
Bremerton!!! Hell ya
Sorry its not lava that makes them. Mudfossil University studies these things. They are biological in origin.
da hora muito bom
Was the mudfossil so big that he thundered,? is that why they are called thunder eggs?.
is this on richardsins rock ranch here in madras?
so these are geodes right? Why do they keep calling them thunder eggs?
geodes are usually hollow
chuckcrunch1 ah. Thanks.
Cameron Driscoll a geode is a non specific term used for any hollow rock with crystaline formations inside, does not mean a thunder eggs isn't a type of geode but it's usually not hollow
Thunder eggs are rhyolite shells with solid jasper agate or crystals, while geodes are hollow with crystal formations. Not synonymous with eachother to answer your question.
Geodes are not always hollow, if given enough time and exposure to dissolved minerals they become solid, the formations in the rocks in the video seem to form exactly the same way, but the rocks the minerals seeped in may have formed slightly different
NICE............
Doesn't take millions of years for water to fill in the center with minerals. What is the shortest amount of time for these things to take place?
Thanks
Thunder Thunder Thunder Thunder Eggs!....... Thunder Thunder Thunder.... no wait that's not right.......
I have found one baseball one in my yard after hurricane
In South Carolina
What is the diffrence between a geodode and a thunder egg?
800 lb thunder egg? How in the hell.....is that on a wooden table??
I don't believe it ways no 800lbs granite weights 176 lbs per cubic foot and that looked like it was 2 cubic foot at best
It wasn’t 800 lbs. This whole video is very incorrect on many things.
What's the difference between thunder eggs & geods