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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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