Absolutely agree with you on the Baker Ranch thunder eggs. I was lucky enough to get one of these that I cut open and polished. It has fantastic red color and a little bit of paralax banding with a nice druse pocket. These thunder eggs aren't super well known in my experience so I'm excited you agree with me that they're some of the best. We have great taste! lol
Thank you for welcoming us to Germany 😂❤. I love Thunder Egg Agates. I was thinking maybe they had been formed due to a lightning struck, that would have been so cool! Your knowledge about locations, formations, mines is huge. Very fascinating.
Thank you for sharing some of these international thundereggs. A few things, rhyolite is an extrusive igneous rock, and it flows out of a volcano the same way basalt does, as an example, but rhyolite is very silica rich in comparison to other volcanic rocks. Basalt, for example, has silica contents around 50% ish, but some high-silica rhyolites can be as much as 80%. It does not crystallize underground, it extrudes and then cools on the surface. Rhyolite can really range from fine grain to rather coarse grain, which is mostly due to the thickness of the flow and the rate in which it cooled. There is an excellent book on this subject which you might find enjoyable, The Formation of Thundereggs (Lithophysae) by Robert Colburn.
Thank you, they were very beautiful 😍. My favorite was the green one!!! 💚. Also, i love your cutting video's, you find some of the most prettiest rocks I've ever seen. Im from Kalispell Montana in the US. And we have a lot of beautiful rocks here too. Any thank you, see your next video😊
Wonderful short series on the differently formed agates! I am curious of what geological process caused the actual flow of silicate into the cavities (air pockets) to form these agates.
Привіт, Джошуа! Мені як геологу за освітою, завжди цікаво спостерігати за твоєю творчістю. І в моЇй, хоч і невеличкій, мінералогічній колекціЇ теж є моЇ улюблені агати,. Знайшов я Їх власноручно ще будучи студентом-геологом в УкраЇні-в Криму(зараз в рашистській окупаціЇ, нажаль), та в дуже крутому-багатому Іджеванському кар`єрі в АрменіЇ на Кавказі. Бажаю успіхів в житті та творчості! А до слова, ти не виробляєш ювелірку із своЇх камінців, я по трошки намагаюсь щось робити. Може ще після війни виберусь у вилазку-експедицію, дуже хотілося б, але все в руках Бога! Дякую!
Vielen Dank. I really enjoyed this series😊
Incredible specimens! Thanks!
Awesome series Joshua!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge 😎😎😎
Thank you!!!
Absolutely agree with you on the Baker Ranch thunder eggs. I was lucky enough to get one of these that I cut open and polished. It has fantastic red color and a little bit of paralax banding with a nice druse pocket. These thunder eggs aren't super well known in my experience so I'm excited you agree with me that they're some of the best. We have great taste! lol
Thank you for welcoming us to Germany 😂❤. I love Thunder Egg Agates. I was thinking maybe they had been formed due to a lightning struck, that would have been so cool! Your knowledge about locations, formations, mines is huge. Very fascinating.
Thank you for sharing some of these international thundereggs.
A few things, rhyolite is an extrusive igneous rock, and it flows out of a volcano the same way basalt does, as an example, but rhyolite is very silica rich in comparison to other volcanic rocks. Basalt, for example, has silica contents around 50% ish, but some high-silica rhyolites can be as much as 80%. It does not crystallize underground, it extrudes and then cools on the surface. Rhyolite can really range from fine grain to rather coarse grain, which is mostly due to the thickness of the flow and the rate in which it cooled.
There is an excellent book on this subject which you might find enjoyable, The Formation of Thundereggs (Lithophysae) by Robert Colburn.
Great video and great series. Thanks for putting it together for us!
Your explanations are wonderful! Very simple and clear. ROCK ON!! 😁👍🏻🪨⛏️
Thank you, they were very beautiful 😍. My favorite was the green one!!! 💚. Also, i love your cutting video's, you find some of the most prettiest rocks I've ever seen. Im from Kalispell Montana in the US. And we have a lot of beautiful rocks here too. Any thank you, see your next video😊
I have been passing through Kalispell!
Love the Flathead cherries!! 😍😍
@joshuaritter-agatebay We are famous for our cherries!! If you're ever this way, come say hi, and I'll take you around if you want.
🤝🤝🤝Thank you, friend!It was interesting to get additional knowledge👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you for your great information with visuals! Always positive and upbeat! You need to have more subscribers!
Thank you!! Share the video with your rockhounding friends. And we’ll get there. 😊
Wonderful short series on the differently formed agates! I am curious of what geological process caused the actual flow of silicate into the cavities (air pockets) to form these agates.
The third from last looks like a shark mouth wide open in the Black star. Omg I would love to have that one!
❤🦈. Where did you say this came from?
Привіт, Джошуа! Мені як геологу за освітою, завжди цікаво спостерігати за твоєю творчістю. І в моЇй, хоч і невеличкій, мінералогічній колекціЇ теж є моЇ улюблені агати,. Знайшов я Їх власноручно ще будучи студентом-геологом в УкраЇні-в Криму(зараз в рашистській окупаціЇ, нажаль), та в дуже крутому-багатому Іджеванському кар`єрі в АрменіЇ на Кавказі. Бажаю успіхів в житті та творчості! А до слова, ти не виробляєш ювелірку із своЇх камінців, я по трошки намагаюсь щось робити. Може ще після війни виберусь у вилазку-експедицію, дуже хотілося б, але все в руках Бога! Дякую!
thundereggs form in volcanic gas pockets