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Thundereggs from
Saxony, Germany
        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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 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.

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Fractures are norm in those thundereggs
Et. Egiden
Tight banded, some shadowing effect!
Et. Egiden
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Classic red color,
Et. Egiden
Et. Egiden
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With iridescent layer (kind of "fire agate"),
Hohenstein-Ernstthal
Hohenstein-Ernstthal
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A fractureless specimen!
 

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