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Dead Tree Thundereggs Little Florida Mountains, Luna Co., New Mexico |
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I was the first one to discover
the "Dead Tree" thundereggs in March 2006, and the name refers to the dead
tree which I used to mark the path to the thunderegg deposit. What I found
on my first digging trek was few thundereggs containing back to white agates
with geode centers and one containing very neat white agate covering black
manganese blades giving it a sagenite-like appearance. That was this sagenitic
thunderegg that got me really interested in doing some serious digging
the next time I visit the site.
Unfortunately, after the second attempt at digging in March 2007, the "Dead Tree" deposit proved to be a very small pocket with too many large junk thundereggs sitting on the top of blank pertile layer. I am getting an impression that finding that sagenitic thunderegg may be like hitting a 777 on a gambling slot. But I am still seeing the sagenitic agate fragments there and there, so it is possible to find more small pockets of thundereggs. It will be bit difficult since there are so much rhyolite boulders littering all over. |
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| "one of its kind" find??! March 2006, | March 2006 |
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| Salvaged from a large fragmented thunderegg
March 2007 |
Salvaged from a large fragmented thunderegg
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March 2007