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Baker Egg Thundereggs Dug by JA during March 2004 Mining Expedition. Baker Egg Mine, Hermanas, Luna Co., New Mexico |
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The
Baker Egg Load Mine ("Baker Ranch" Mine) is one of very few places that
produce very colorful agate thundereggs. Despite 30 years of exploration
and digging since it was first discovered and filed by Eddie Lindburg,
they were recently discovered due to its complex geological structure.
Paul "GeodeKid" Colburn, current owner of the mine, was able to figure
out where to dig for those colorful thundereggs using his knowledge of
geology. The strata of the lava flow was folded in a way that the previous
owners dug at the wrong side of the strata (rock beds).
The Baker Eggs are most colorful of any agate thundereggs I have seen so far, and some rival the Laguna Agates (have seen some that look very Laguna-like). They come in a wide variety of colors including green (rare), while white, black, white and red colors are most common colors. It's common for the colors to be not restricted to the bands/films, giving them an appearance of spilled coloring dyes. . They are strongly fluorescent which the agates glow bright green while rhyolite shells glow red under shortwave ultraviolet (Christmas colors!). I admit that I'm quite obssessed with those Baker Eggs. |
Very rare greenish-gray and white color combo |
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For more information on Baker Eggs, visit;
Paul "Geode
Kid" Colburn's Baker Egg Mine Website