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Baker Egg Thundereggs Collected by JeffreyA. during March 2003-5 Mining Expedition. Baker Egg Mine, Hermanas, Luna Co., New Mexico |
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The Baker Egg Mine (formly
Baker Ranch Mine) is one of very few places that produce very colorful
agate thundereggs. Despite 30 years of exploration and digging, they were
recently discovered due to its complex geological structure. Paul "GeodeKid"
Calburn, 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. I had an opportunity to visit the mine and dig for the thundereggs, and it turned out that only 22% of any thundereggs contain agate with very few of them are of a good quality. Most thundereggs are either solid, quartz-filled or hollow filled with zeolite powder. |
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For more information on Baker Eggs, visit;
Paul "Geode
Kid" Colburn's Baker Egg Mine Website