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Lead Pipe Springs Thunderegg Polished Rock
A lovely thunderegg half from Lead Pipe Springs Bed at the China Lake deposit in California.
This thunderegg half has been cut and polished on one face.
It is 3 inches by 2.6 inches and 1.44 inches thick.
It came from an old collection and was self collected in the 50's.
A Thunderegg, is a spherical geode rock with a rough and unappealing surface, but when cut in half is filled with agate, jasper, quartz and/or other minerals. Typically, they are about two to six inches in diameter, although very large ones have been found!
Thundereggs were formed in the rhyolite lava flows and tuffs within the gas or steam pockets that served as molds. The pocket cavity was filled with silica-rich fluids and later solidified and crystallized. Mineral impurities are collected along the bands creating concentric colorful rings.
The name “thunderegg” is believed to have originated from Native American folklore. Native American legend reportedly considers the rocks to be the eggs of the thunderbirds which occupied Mount Hood and Mount Jefferson. Thunder Spirits on the mountains hurled the "eggs" at each other.
