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JA's Little Wash Thundereggs Hermanas, Luna Co., New Mexico |
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I actually was the first person to dig that little wash when I first spotted
a bright pink & red agate just laying there in the little wash. I started
digging at that spot, and finding slightly colorful agates and plenty of
"Waterline" thundereggs. Next year, I accidentally discovered an Iris
Agate in one thunderegg when I re-cut it to bypass a fracture and I
have started calling them the "Iris Thundereggs". When I showed the
"Iris Thunderegg" to Paul "GeodeKid" Calburn whom I consider an expert
on thundereggs, he said that he have collected the thundereggs from at
least 75 locations, and I may be the first person he know of to have discovered
the iris agates in the thundereggs. He suggested that I give a name to
the place since it's too far from the Tavenier Mine as well as the fact
that the agates I found there are somewhat different from those of Baker
Egg & Tavenier Mines. Thus, I gave the name "JA's Little Wash"
to that place where I first found the "JA's Little Wash Iris Thundereggs".
The news about my discovery of "Iris Thundereggs" have started spreading,
and some people started slabbing some thundereggs in search for those elusive
Iris Agates. I learned of at least three locations in Oregon that produced
some hint of Iris Thundereggs.
Where I dug is a float deposit, and I have pinpointed the stratrum which may be the direct source of the Iris Thundereggs. The problem is that it's on State land where it would be too excessively expensive to file a claim and use a backhoe to do test trenches. :( The site appears to share the same mult-layered strata as those of Baker Eggs and Tavenier Mine. The thundereggs found there are similar to those of Baker Eggs and Tavenier Mines which Baker Eggs are far more colorful and lacking "Waterline" agates while Tavenier Thundereggs tend to be darker in colors. Any kind of iris agates have not been found in both Baker Eggs and Tavenier Eggs, and that is one of the reasons why I call those "JA's Little Wash Thundereggs" to differ from those two nearby mines. At least 2 out of 50 thundereggs (from GRADED lot) have produced Iris agates, but there are a lot of duds all over, hampering my efforts to locate best grade thundereggs. That's why I am still searching for the direct source of Iris Thundereggs, but I am slow with that because I go there only once or twice a year. |
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All specimens are found by Jeffrey A.
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| March 2004 (First Find) | March 2005 | March 2006 |
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| March 2008 | March 2006
Also an Iris Agate |
March 2007 |
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| March 2005, Iris Agate | March 2004 (Second Find) | May 2006 |
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| Extremely rare sagenite type, March 2007 |
Let's move to see some of my best Iris Thundereggs.
