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Tavenier Thundereggs Tavenier Mine (State Mine), Hermanas, Luna Co., New Mexico |
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Althrough, they are a quarter mile apart,
Tavenier Mine (also called "State Mine") shares the same layered rhyolitc
lava strata as more famous Baker Egg Mine,. The Tavenier Mine produced
more "waterline" agates and darker colors than the Baker Egg Load Mine.
The presence of "waterline" agates indicted that the Tavenier Mine had
undergone wetter conditions than that of Baker Egg. The colors of many
Tavenier thundereggs resemble the burning embers (black, white and red/orange)
and the "waterlines" thundereggs containing a color combo of red, black
and white are considered a classic. They can be found in the "pink pits",
but since the decomposing pertile host is full of duds that it would take
a full day of digging to get few pounds of "fat" thundereggs just like
the Baker Egg Mine that has to be backhoed to find the quality thundereggs.
The mine was opened by Mr. Tavenier hoping to profit from selling the thundereggs he mine while charging fees for collecting on his mines. His hopes went down the deep mine shaft when the "Mexican Coconuts" became widely available at very cheap prices as well as the fact that he raelized that he opened a mine on a State land resulting in excessive costs warranting the abandonment of the mine. The mine is open to rockhounders and they are asked to pick up any litter and cover any holes they dig. |
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All specimens are found by Jeffrey A.
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| Typical colorful thunderegg, March 2005 | Typical "WaterLine" thunderegg
March 2004 |
Typical thunderegg, March 2004 |
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| April 2006 | April 2006 | March 2007 |
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| April 2006 | Rare Sagenite type, December 2008 | March 2007 |
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| April 2006 | April 2006 |
