Dwarves' Earth Treasures: Baker Egg Thundereggs (Baker Ranch)


.	Dwarves' Earth Treasures Museum: Baker Egg Thundereggs Baker Egg Mine, Hermanas, Luna Co., New Mexico	.

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.

Obtained in March 2007 thru a trade with Paul "GeodeKid" Calhoun, one of several best Baker Eggs known to Paul "GeodeKid" Calhoun ever.
Those eggs came from April 2006 Mining Expedition when many excellent Baker Eggs have been produced.

The specimen on display below were bought either as roughs or as
already-polished specimens directly from Paul "GeodeKid", owner of the Baker Egg mine.

Count how many colors in this specimen! This specimen represents all typical colors of Baker Eggs..

Very rare colors, also from April 2006 Miining Expedition

With Calcite Pseudomorphs

For more information on Baker Eggs, visit;
Paul "Geode Kid" Colburn's Baker Egg Mine Website