Dwarves Earth Treasures: Hot Red Thundereggs from Berrando, Mexico

Red Hot Thundereggs

Berrando, Chihuahua Province,
Mexico

Note: "Red Hot" and "Berrando Red" thundereggs came from the same location.
They were renamed as a part of a marketing tactic.

Mined in 1970s, the tan rusty thundereggs were heavily that they tend to be widely fractured but they contain some colorful agate cores. The colors of the agates are generally reddish to orange, sometimes with yellow and purple colors and the term "Red Hot" refers to some thundereggs containing the bold red colors comparable to red hot chili peppers. Recently, they were mined and sold as "Berrando Red" agates.

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Rough Appearance: Tan colored sometimes with rusty staining, generally small.
Agates are red to purple, sometimes colorless, orange, yellow and white.


Yellowish to orange colors,	Bright red and purple colors

Red and white colors	With inclusions, (first time I have seen that one)

Only bright yellow color I have seen so far.	Red Hot color! Curvative polished to preserve the banding pattern

Duller colors are more typical	Not sure if they came from the same area, was mixed in the rough lot.

Not sure if they came from the same area, was mixed in the rough lot. Some shadowing effect	Not sure if they came from the same area, was mixed in the rough lot.