Coming from one of many thunderegg locations
around
Germany, the thundereggs of Et. Egidien and Hohenstein look
similar that they may have been found in the similar beds that
is close to each
other. The agates in Et. Egidien are typically bright red
sometimes in color combo
with orange, purple, yellow, brown and white. The funny thing
about larger
specimens are that their cavities tend to be more bioconoid
("eye/diamond")
shaped as if the gases were struggling to expand against the
overrall weight
of the thunderegg itself . Those from Hohenstein are
similar in many
respects except that the color of the thunderegg shells tend to
be more
consistent with more orange to yellowi agates. Apparently the
site is closed, but it had been heavily mined in the past
resulting in one
of most widely available thundereggs coming from Germany.
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and closer-up pictures.
Rough Appearance:
Looks like dried
and coarse-grained "clayballs" sometimes with agate ridges
showing.
Hard to distingish between those from
St. Egiden
and Hohenstein except that
the agaet in St.
Egiden is supposedly more reddish.
Fractures
are norm in those thundereggs
Et. Egiden
Tight
banded, some shadowing effect!
Et. Egiden
Classic
red color,
Et. Egiden
Et.
Egiden
With iridescent layer (kind
of "fire agate"),
Hohenstein-Ernstthal