On the hunt for thundereggs

Millions of years ago, in what would one day become Eastern Oregon's Owyhee Canyonlands, lava and water merged to create thundereggs - sphere-shaped rock formations containing agate, jasper or opal. Correspondent Conor Knighton digs into the history of Oregon's state rock, whose beauty is most apparent when sliced open.
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[@lputaa]

Wow wonderful thanks CBS Sunday Morning 😁 always watching this bits of knowledgeable video. Regards from Africa Kenya

[@judd442009]

Thundereggs, geodes, Petoskey stones, chain coral, and all sorts of other wonders of nature.

[@AIvey-qs1so]

My family lives along lake Huron in Michigan.I love looking for petoskey stones! I've had pretty good luck even in the lower part of the state were they are not supposed to be super common.

[@steveconn]

Great combination between traditional Easter Egg Hunts and fossil finding!

[@lareneandpipsqueeksully]

Oh my, I have an old thunderegg my dad gave me from there, it has not been cut! Now I’m excited to see what it might look like!

[@user-cc7qg6rt7n]

I found 10 eggs and gave them to a fellow that showed me what to look for and he acted like I just gave him a million dollars. I never did see what was inside, but his expression was reward enough for me.

[@maybeebuzzy2265]

This is awesome. I follow quite a few rockhounds on youtube, and one of my faves is when they cut thunder eggs🤩

[@adamhuffman3354]

Very beautiful. Nature has a pretty incredible artist!

[@greatplainsman3662]

....and his name is God.

[@kathyracine1903]

Love this story ❤️ Ty 😊

[@JeffBrazeel-fe4wc]

I have 2 Thunder Eggs we Disovered in Colorado some 40 years ago, I opened 1, and the other is Unopened. Beutiful Blue Agate in these. The size of a Baseball.

[@valariemeltzer1059]

Very cool great story and informative. I follow Agate Dad and he cuts these open often. I just watched him cut a little ones and in comments someone mentioned this so I had to look it up to watch it. Very cool.

[@dorothyedwards7225]

This is pretty cool!

[@SeaTurtle515]

So cool!

[@invisi6l339]

interesting. cbs sunday morning is teaching me so many things I didn't know that exist

[@Katseye102]

I got 2 thunder eggs one time that had almost perfect star shapes in them, to me they are really special.

[@debbralehrman5957]

Awesome I never heard of this.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@L.Spencer]

My grandma liked to do lapidary and taught us how to make rock jewelry. We found a neat, unique rock in the backyard and she cut it open for us on her saw. It was black with white whisps, very pretty. Reminds me of these, but I don't think it's the same thing.

[@Sunshine-do3yv]

Really something...!!!! Never heard of these.....🌄🌄🌄🦋🦋🦋🦋

[@kathleenmartin7498]

Makes me want to plan a trip to Oregon!!

[@Overitanne]

They let you take them because it’s so remote. It is a long hard road to get a bucket full.

[@j.l.5935]

Amazing beautiful!!! How did they find out by it???

[@Julierue]

Nice word flourish at the end, there. I see you 🫵🏼💖

[@jadefamousartist5242]

Hi From The Sky 💫

[@shakascloset1700]

We have some in vermilion Ohio at mill hollow park.

[@AIvey-qs1so]

Bucket list updated! :)

[@patriciastaton6182]

🎉 amazing just like fossils

[@riseuporganic]

Cool

[@adventuresofanamateurastro804]

Does anyone know where I can buy the Jupiter thunderegg at the end of the video?

[@sumafreelancer]

Hi nice you video

[@ron9225]

I've got a thunder egg. Wondering if sold what do they go for?

[@jws1948ja]

Also called druzzys.

[@JerjerB]

Pokemon? Is that you?

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

Eggs of the Thunderbird.

[@Teeveepicksures]

we'd find those in upstate new york

[@Zlnfgz]

Imagine being this excited about rocks

[@JestersPenpooh-kh2lu]

On the hunt for Humpty Dumpty

[@lovewillwinnn]

It’s gonna be filled with EGG-it?? How ironic.

[@12time12]

Fire Agates are way better.

[@EnjoyJapan1]

💞Wow💛💛💛🤍💛💛💛💛

[@citizen3902]

Can’t you just let nature be as it is?? Geez!!!

[@MikeJ-pw7ig]

You can't prove they're millions of years old

[@chrislee1096]

Mike your brilliant

[@AmericanTeacher-USA]

​@@chrislee1096 You're brilliant, too ! LOL

[@TheFairyDickmother]

You can't prove they arent...

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

There is a science called Geology. It studies rocks, among other things related to the composition of Earth. You bet geologists didn't came up with the concept of Earth being millions years old just because. If by chance your objection is based on the Biblical telling of Creation in 6 days, please notice that God is eternal, and nobody is hurrying him. What for us is a million years, is a second for him - and vice versa. God *owns* time. The Bible was written according to the size of man's mind, not God's. I highly recommend you to read about Geology, Paleontology, Archeology. You can check in the Crash Course channel the History of Science course. There are several chapters mentioning Geology and Astronomy, with the first explorers and scientists who *realized* that our Earth and the Universe are way older and larger and more complex than what the ancient peoples believed. The channel PBS Eons tackles the Paleontology part in depth. If anything, sciences prove that God is greater than what your head can contain.

[@MikeJ-pw7ig]

@MariaMartinez-researcher carbon dating doesn't apply to rocks, just organic matter. Don't believe everything your told, and try not to be so offended!

[@masterimbecile]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="153">2:33</a> now that’s something special. It’s gotta form in this specific way millions of years ago, only to be spotted by us, and one clean cut in one specific direction, made it look like a chick. Truly special.