Love thundereggs.... guess it's a requirement being our state rock here in Oregon. Planning on a future post to highlight how fun digging for them can be. It's quite addicting. Where did you find the one in the first pic...it's a beauty! Madras by any chance?
I bought it at a thrift store in California about twenty years ago. I believe it was mined in the 60's, cause the bottom is covered with this green felt material used around then... I've only found one hunting for rocks in California. Odd enough to find one here in a creek. It was even odder that it had already been cut. I assume somebody lost it in the floods. Hopefully it just washed there yard stash of rocks away and not there whole house. Kinda sad after I thought about how it may have got there.
You could always pretend that it came from someone like me who just goes and randomly drops the overabundance of their rock hoard back into nature, lol.
You should include Richardson Ranch in Madras on your future Oregon rockhounding adventure. It's the thunderegg capital of Oregon, lol, and they will cut your finds right there for a very nominal fee. So worth the trip and isn't too far from Glass Butte where the obsidian is.
I've always wanted to check it out. The only pay to dig place I've ever been to was actually a gold mine. That was a pretty fun trip too. I want to hit the coast up there I think near Bandon was where these great agates came from my moms friend gave me. Real clear with good banding but not many colors. Beautiful stuff though.
Yeah...definitely include beachcombing in your itinerary! This is my fave agate that I've found most recently.... It was wedged between two rocks but my other half somehow got it free. Unfortunately the pic doesn't do it justice.
