Thundereggs | What Do You Really Know About Them?

I certainly do love a good thunderegg so let's discuss these fantastic little rocks.
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[@theruggedrockhound]

I really like how you explain the geologic processes that created the thundereggs. Keep up the good work!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thanks man.

[@RockHoundQuest]

Good stuff. The more I know about the surrounding rocks, the easier it is to find what I'm looking for. It's almost more important to know what the outside looks like because that's what I see first when hounding.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I agree man, seeing the outside is key and rarely touched on it seems.

[@ZmarleneZ]

nicely done Jared, thank you!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you.

[@jmsdvs5]

This video makes me want to cut thundereggs. Nice to finally see the triple egg I sent ya. Beautiful.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I plan on cutting so many of them this winter.

[@RagnarRocks]

Sweet video. I've never been a huge fan of thundereggs until you showed us that lillypad spot, that is the most epic material I've ever seen! Can't wait to go back and get more!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

It's a good spot for sure! Also I like your new user image.

[@RagnarRocks]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding Thank you, Having access to comic book artists comes in handy!

[@coolerthanhallie0444]

An you link me to the video with this Lilly pad spot?!

[@RagnarRocks]

@@coolerthanhallie0444 Check his website, all the links are there

[@TheAdventureCloset]

That was helpful as always. Nice specimens as well!

[@shellyfahren1936]

You answered several questions I had about the creation of those waterlines and such! Thank you! I find several thundereggs near Del Norte here in Colorado!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm not familiar with those eggs, I'll have to go look them up.

[@robbyschannel9258]

Great vid again. Can't wait to find my first thunderegg. Love searching and lookin at the ground wherever I am.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Sounds like it's time for you to take a visit to central Oregon!

[@patriciamckean4186]

Like your educational information. The more we learn the better equipped we are as rockhounds.

[@Lisa.Sparkman]

Excellent video! Thunder eggs are just fascinating. Love them!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I really love them. You never know what you will be finding with them.

[@charlenecastaldo3602]

Thank you so much for explaining the differences. I was wondering and my husband was asking, too. Enjoy your videos, Jared. Keep 'em coming!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful.

[@cobeycobb]

I never thought about the fact that tue beauty of an agate or thunder egg or geode tells the story of its life. Beautiful.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

It's quite interesting to think about it.

[@reiki11]

Thank you, Jared! I am learning soooo much from you!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thanks for coming to watch!

[@OhioEddieBlack]

This was super useful!! Please do more like this.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I have a few more like it and I plan on making more this winter.

[@joelbagnall4792]

Thank you, please continue to educate us!!!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm glad you liked it.

[@Mz.Stephanie]

Thank you for sharing your adventures and knowledge. You can keep my attention too so thats a bonus!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm glad you liked it!

[@erickillg811]

Thank you for all your videos I really appreciate it. It helps teach us a few things about what were digging up.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm glad you like the videos!

[@juliemckenna514]

Thank you for this educational video Jared 😊 very appreciated 😊

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm glad you liked it.

[@silverback5033]

Hi once again Jared, that was an interesting explanation of geodes and with your samples showing their unique structure it was developed. You have given us some great info. Keep Safe & Keep Rockin

[@kellyharper367]

Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: Great explanation 👍!

[@BackcountrywithShaughn]

Doh, this space was blank so I just had to put something here! 🤦‍♂️ thanks for sharing~ 👍

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

They never stay blank for long! :)

[@bruceanderson7762]

Good work foe that

[@kylaabegglen1275]

Another awesome video! I appreciate you and your way of explaining things, very interesting & informative. Thank you!👍✌😎

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm glad you liked it.

[@janvafa9959]

The thunder egg @8:25 reminds me of the liberty bell!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Ha, I guess it kinda does.

[@cowboyits]

Another outstanding video ! Thank you for sharing all in information you do.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you.

[@kaleyfantastic]

i honestly didnt know the difference between a nodule and thundeeggs... thank you for making it clear and easy to understand.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you for coming to watch.

[@ClentonWeston]

Maaaan I learn sooo much from your videos!!! Thanks for sharing and please keep them coming.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm glad you liked them!

[@nouradel6763]

Awesome tutorial video,, greetings from Egypt

[@darkcrystalmagik3369]

MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS PLEASE PROFESSOR JARED! Super helpful😃

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Hahahaha, thank you.

[@OneRockAtATime]

This has got to be in my top 3 favorite videos.🔥 I Just love how you explain this so perfectly!!!😎

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you so much!

[@mattrichards1492]

Again, I always learn something! Thanks so much and keep up the cool work man!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thanks, I'm glad people like these kinds of videos. Sometimes I feel like I'm at a little bit of a disadvantage here by not jumping on the hype / clickbait train like so many other people.

[@mattrichards1492]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding you don't need hype or click bait! Your work speaks for itself perfectly. The proof is in the product.

[@isaiahbreckbill1741]

Thanks man! More killer, unique content. Awesome rocks and info!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm glad you liked it.

[@KatyDidRocks]

This is an absolutely fantastic explanation, Jared.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm glad you liked it.

[@Muppet92954]

Beautiful, great explanations too 😀

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you.

[@hon.mr.ronburgundyiiiesq.2096]

Awesome video. Always makes me want to get out and hunt!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Gotta get to digging.

[@rhodie33]

you do a good job explaining everything

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you.

[@paigelee6321]

I’ve always wondered how they are made so interesting thank you your always so informative information 💙😊my hubby really loves thunder eggs 😊💙

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I love how each one is so unique.

[@sandmaker]

Another grea video. The explanations were right on point and very informative. Keep the good information coming. Be happy, safe and stay healthy. Hope the pups fingernail is better. Woof to the pup 😷⚒🐕

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you! I don't enjoy making these kinds of videos.

[@dreamweaver3095]

Thanks, Jared! now I know what I found in the MOSI geode barrel, it has the same embossed netting that your thundereggs have! - mine is also the size of a large chicken's egg and oval to boot!

[@diaryofachunkymainehiker2406]

Fantastic video!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you!

[@RockhoundTreasurehunt]

Great looking specimens and of course your explanation of the process is easy to follow and understand. Thanks!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you, its always nice to get feedback like that.

[@Ontario_Rockhound]

Awesome informational video!!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you!

[@isabellajohnson6895]

The yin-yang on the big nodule!! So cool!

[@TheRogueRockhound]

This was a great explanation buddy. I can honestly say that I learned multiple things from this one video. chat soon buddy

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you, that feels good to hear.

[@WorldofRockhounds]

This is a great educational video for the world of thundereggs!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you!

[@ocklawahaboyrocks]

Sooo many different opinions of how to delineate between those three. That is one of the better explanations I've heard. Was hoping you would have a Dugway "geode" and talk about it.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Give me a few weeks and I can have some to show! ;)

[@ocklawahaboyrocks]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding oohhh... Trip planned?!?! One of the best places I've ever camped.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

@@ocklawahaboyrocks You will just need to wait and see! Shhhhh.

[@douglasbernick5908]

Class is in session. Thank you Jared for the glass on a thunder eggs formation. I love the different types and the knowledge behind the thunder eggs and I’m surprise you didn’t say that no to thunder eggs are alike even though the minerals that form them make up differentPicturesque scenes inside the thunder egg especially like the thunder egg from Lucky strike the hard iron X terrier formed and removing him from the the wall is a lot different than the Richardsons Thunderegg which is in like a sandy bed. Thanks again for all your videos I can’t wait for the next one.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

You are correct, perhaps I should of said that in this video.

[@nanasloves]

Thank you!

[@mtonjum]

Your first nodule from Red Top looks a lot like the blue agate/chalcedony pictures I’ve seen. I went looking for Ellensburg blue agate this past week, but I don’t think I was in the right area and found nothing but basalt. You do a great job explaining how these thundereggs are formed and make it very interesting…thank you!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Those Ellensburg Blues are a tough one to find.

[@klairesprengel9335]

Loved this xx

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm glad you liked it.

[@mitchgillilan]

Great video! did you learn some of that from Georocknerd's channel? I like how you explained the formation it was very easy to understand. there are also jasper thunder eggs from central and eastern oregon! so many different variations and stories in each one. The little naches ones are so different from all the ones ive seen here in Oregon, those are really awesome.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I really need to go try and catch up with her channel some, I'm way behind. I want to get some of those Jasper Thundereggs, its on my list for next year since I don't think we will be able to get there before the snow starts to fly.

[@eibonvale]

It never ceases to amaze how many different kinds of material can end up in these things. The Ethiopian Mezozo thundereggs often contain pure precious opal. Some of the German specimens (much older than the US ones) even contain growths of some kind of very metallic mineral - I'm told goethite. E.g. Wingeshausen specimens. When cut and polished, it gives them a core with a glimmering metallic sheen.

[@mitchgillilan]

@@eibonvale that's really cool. Thanks for the info! Going to look all those up.

[@Reflect744]

Great video mate

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you.

[@littlefeather9709]

Good morning to you over on the west coast. I'm in NE Tennessee just about 50 miles fro Spruce Pine, NC. Went there last weekend and bought 2 geodes. Heavy ones. Thought they were going to be great. Well one of the had a moderate opening with quartz points. The other was solid quartz when halved. Cleaned them up. Now what can I do with the nodule? I'd like to see if I can take a smidgen of the outside layer of brown hard stuff off by a gentle sanding. I can see some quartz peeking through. New sub. Love your teaching and enthusiasm.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Good morning! If at all possible I think the best thing would be to give what you have a cut on a saw. Do you make have a rock club around your area?

[@littlefeather9709]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding I haven't checked yet but they maybe a ways off maybe in WNC. I will definitely look. Thank you very much.

[@RufotrisRootedRockhound]

Good stuff!!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you.

[@jaquelinepaul7384]

I love your videos you’re fantastic some thing I would like to know is how do you know you have a thunder egg in your hand when you’re digging in the dirt?

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

There's a couple of things you can do and be mindful of. First would be the formation needs to be rhyolite, often the eggs will be round and you will likely see broken ones in the area.

[@gracieyoungs676]

Your so lucky to be were you have different minerals i live in Harlan ky an I look on our river bank an never find nothing so my ?? Is how can I buy some thunder eggs Ive got a tile saw already or do u no if there’s any thing at all enjoy watching you though

[@lesteralexander789]

Great video brother

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you!

[@johnnash5118]

Is there a starting orientation to optimize a slab face cut? Such as with, at an angle to or perpendicular to agate lines.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

There's no rule of thumb to follow really but there is on some eggs. Its actually the subject of a future video I have coming.

[@Daquy-phongthuy]

I am also passionate and very fond of rock can support me so that I can continue on the path of my passion

[@jimv.661]

Just got back from the prairie. This was a great video and lesson Jarad. Thank you. What is the cream-colored mineral on the top part of the thunderegg at 10:38?

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

That's common opal.

[@jimv.661]

Thank you. I thought it was but wasn't sure.

[@chalcedonyclapper1216]

Not sure if this is the video that you wanted to direct me to, but you explain the formation of agate well. I still am so curious on how the core forms. You see the eggs with pressure ridges, and the typical 4-6 ridges going vertical around the egg. And then the cap on thr top and bottom connecting all of them together, with a dimple on thr bottom of thr core and a bump on the top of the core. The main theory you hear is "well it was just a gas bubble in the rhyolite/perlite flows" But that doesn't make sense. How would rhyolite get in the bubble afterwards, and get those folds and bumps and ridges? How would it form that core almost everytime? Ive also heard the theory it was like mud bubbles, and when those dried up, they shrunk to leave a open space for agates and such to fill in, which isnt a bad theory, but still... how would a core form like that everytime? Maybe its possible that way. I almost wonder if its some mineral that starts forming as the rhyolite and perlite flows are still hot and moving. You can see on some eggs, on the bottom of the core, where the dimple is, theres a unique sphere in the rhyolite. Lava cap eggs have them really pronounced. Those spheres seem like some weird point where the egg might start. Like a nucleation point and things grow from there. Still doesn't explain the core growth though. The cores on the outside look like what the inside of a popsicle looks like if you bite into it haha, how the ice crystals go from center, to out, in that striated look. Egg cores kinda look like that too. I need to do even more research, i nerd out about this too much 😂

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

This is the video. The questions your asking here are very good and valid but really are far too big to answered in a comment and really are something best left to books which I can recommend. The Formation of Thundereggs (Lithophysae) by Robert Colburn is a good start to these topics. Why would it not make sense to you? Rhyolite when extruded is very viscous lava and often it doesn't flow far and have large amounts of trapped gasses in them which start to rise to the top of the flow but cool in place. Also not all thundereggs exhibit pressure ridging. You have gas bubble in the flow which later gets filled through hydrothermal deposition of other minerals. This is widely accepted and proven explanation for thundereggs. This does explain the core of the thunderegg.

[@chalcedonyclapper1216]

@CurrentlyRockhounding I'll check out the book for sure. I agree that trapped gas has to be part of it, but the shape of cores/rhyolite matrix for the eggs isnt explained just from it being a gas bubble. I'll keep looking into it haha. Maybe ask my buddy too, who knows way too much.

[@izme2132]

So is that consistent? I mean when dealing with the bubble gas bubble, or in principle any bubble with a physical structure like it is she considered a fortification line is the skin of a bowl the membrane says freak is that to be considered the walls of a fort? is that nature sealing it off just in case or is it that gas or whatever in the bubble am trying to stay unmixed with a greater atmosphere I’m asking because looking at nature and wondering how it applies to the individual consciousness is as mankind in what function is the causes when to seem feel, and believes the separate from another

[@eng12b3p]

First I'd like to say the Wife and I really enjoy your channel but I do have a quick question. The wife and I have been rock/mineral collecting for about 8 months now and she recently bought me a small Thunder Egg and I would like to know the best Lapidary saw to get for a beginner that won't break the bank. Thanks for all you do.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Hello Roy, I'm glad you like the channel! I have a video up titled "Tile Saw Vs. Lapidary Saw - What's The Best Saw For You?" which you might find helpful. You can also just rent a tile saw at home depot for the day if your really on a budget.

[@eng12b3p]

Thanks for the quick reply, I think after watching your video I'll start out with a tile saw. Ill let you know how that Thunder egg comes out. Thanks again.

[@jimlancaster6120]

That was good Thankyou.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you.

[@JayVeeTattooz]

Nice

[@joniangelsrreal6262]

👁👁 … thank you rock-professor 👑

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you for coming to watch!

[@katiedid713926]

Great video. If you get a lame thunderegg you don't want to keep, send it my way. Thanks

[@margaretpeabody2584]

Good info!😎 Thanks for posting this. "Rock Bottom" in Ohio

[@matthewchandler7495]

Awesome. Where’s a good place to order whole thunder eggs?

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Good question but I don't think I'm going to be much help since I have dug all of mine or they were a gift.

[@gator83261]

Very good video.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you!

[@wallypaige8496]

Can you find thunder eggs on beaches or are they found in mines. Are there thunder eggs or any of those eggs found in Ontario Canada, like Lake Superior.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Generally no to both of those thing but its more complex than that. I would suggest you look at some of the other thundereggs videos I have on the channel collecting them.

[@thomasstocks702]

How do you decide which axis to cut the thunderegg or geode? Somewhat obvious in a double but not so much in a single.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I think what a lot of people, myself included is to cut whatever is the long way of it but if its a really round ball you just guess.

[@thomasstocks702]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding Ok, good to know! By the way, I saw your video where you found feldspar xtals south of Lime, Oregon on the old hwy. When the wife and I were coming back from our vacation out to the Oregon coast this last June, I stopped by Glass Butte to pick up some obsidian, then Sumpter, Oregon to get photos of the dredge there and then into Baker City for the night. Had plenty of time, so drove down the interstate and found the road cut on the old hwy and found about a dozen of the feldspar xtals myself, thank you for the video. Also went down to Succor Creek but didn't know where to look for thundereggs, so just photographed the canyon.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

@@thomasstocks702 That sounds like an amazing trip

[@bryandraughn9830]

I'm still trying to understand how the first example formed and developed the layers.

[@cailinanne]

Can you do one of these on radioactive rocks? 😁

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm planning out three more videos in this series and that is one of them.

[@cailinanne]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding yay! 😁

[@aprilmay8114]

New here! How do you know if something could be inside or not?

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

That's a really big question to answer in a comment but pretty much you can kinda tell based on the exterior and the location you picked it up at.

[@aprilmay8114]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding thank you sir! Currently looking up maps from my local DNR to help in determining what I might be finding in certain areas around SC. Thanks so much for responding! I love your content and I’m sure I’ll be binging all weekend!

[@josegarcia-bz8ct]

Mi metal detector don’t detect mine ?

[@kevinross2431]

Hi I have a gigantic rock that I found out here in Central Oregon I'd like to send you a couple pictures of a chunk I broke off and cut and could you explain to me what I'm looking at

[@doctorofart]

How hot can water get? Not close enough to melt quartz. Challenge status quo. Also curious how two or three gas bubbles form separately then merge. Wouldn’t the Bible’s collapse on themselves and become one? What about 3or4 bubbles? How about a thunderegg conglomerate made up of hundreds of various size spheroids? Just trying to make sense of what makes no sense from my perspective as a hands on artist working with melted metals and clays and glazes.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

These are all very well studied and observed aspects of geology. I agree, question things but do not let the desire to question things mask what is already known and proven. I don't think you quite understand here, hot dissolved silicates are not coming from things like quartz being melted by water but things such as ash fall with with silicates that then get carried underground then later heated along with water, therefore you have dissolved silicates. Then as those waters work into voids and then dry out it leaves behind the silicates in a gelatin-like consistency and over time it hardens. As for the bubbles I suggest you look into some of the work being done at the Syracuse University Lava Project. In short gas bubbles in low viscosity lava can push together as they cool which can lock them in place.

[@hoosiergeode1561]

Lol..Dug by me..

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

What's so funny?

[@hoosiergeode1561]

Your Dug by me tone..It's the tone lol