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Hauser BedsThundereggs
Wiley Well District, south of Bythne, California
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  The Hauser Beds have been long known and explored for many decades since when Joel Hauser began digging for them in 1930s and considered a "mecca" of rockhounders for its geodes (actually a type of thunderegg). Despite many decades of rockhounding, the greenish decomposed pertile beds still produce the thundereggs from time to time since the thundereggs tend to occur in clusters along the lava flows. The shells of the thundereggs are not well silicified and are commonly geodic types, but occasionally, those with amethyst geode centers have been found. There are several diggings along the Hauser Beds (#1, #2 and #3) and it takes some serious digging to reach the thunderegg-bearing beds. I finally visited the beds and I was led by several fragments of banded agates and one with amethyst crystals on it to one place and took a chance at digging. I hit on a pocket of thundereggs and filled a 50-lb crate with them (not bad for the first time). My goal is to evaluate how much percentage of the thundereggs contain solid banded agates since the rockhounders seem to ignore them and focus on the geode types.
     My digging and cutting experiences show that qutie a low percentage of the Hauser thunderggs contain banded and "waterline" agates. The agates are typically clear to gray colors with bluish hue but it's possible to find those with red and yellow colors as shown by the agate fragments scattered around.

Updated October 2010, new specimen have 2010y in their code names..
Larger pictures of any interested specimens can be provided at request

2010yHSRn001-$3 2010yHSRn002-$3
or $5 for the pair		 2010yHSRn005-HOLD
2010yHSRn003-HOLDR 2010yHSRn004-$3
or $5 for the pair		 2010yHSRn008-HOLD
2010yHSRn006-$5 2010yHSRn006-$5
or $8 for the pair		 2010yHSRn010-$8
2010yHSRn011-$10 2010yHSRn009-$8