An Unbelievable Thunderegg Pair from White Fir Springs

I have sometimes wondered about my place in the rock-collector’s world – stuck out here in a place far from any actual thundereggs (as far as I know) and hence reliant on others.  I sometimes feel rather despondent that I cant actually dig and cut these things myself. Partly because what could be more exciting than dealing with something you have dug up out of the ground? Opening it up to see what is going on inside? But also because I worry that the more people between me and the ground they come out of, the more people there are who hang on to the best thundereggs!!! Does an eBay buyer like me end up with the scraps that fall from the table, as it were? That’s one reason I love to buy them from the people who actually collect them – since it reduces the number of middlemen, and also puts me just a little closer to the ground itself. 

But the answer to my question appears to be a cautious no. When I compare my gallery to those other personal collections I have seen on the net, it seems to hold its own better than I expect.  It does have that core collection of just a few eggs that personally 'hit the spot' to such a degree that they stand out for me above everything else I have seen anywhere. The double Fallen Tree egg is one of them. As is the Friend Ranch ‘volcanic spring’, the psychedelic Desolation Canyon egg (though whoever polished it left some scratches!!!!!!!) and the amazing Fred's Bed pair with tubes. I cannot imagine why anyone would sell any of these! I would be living under a railway bridge in North London before I sell off these extra-special specimens.  I suppose it is a matter of personal taste though.  What I would move mountains for (or at least empty my bank account), other people might be just that little bit less interested in. And I guess that is how the thundereggs propagate around the world! Even as far as a young writer in England . . .

But anyway - now another has come along. Another egg that is, to me, so extraordinary that it is in a class of its own. This almost icy looking and totally unreal specimen from the White Fir Agate Bed. When I first saw it, I found myself trembling - such was the effect it had. If I may indulge in one of my rather individual flights of comparative fancy - this stone (like many of the best) has a distinctly organic look. But organic in a different way. In this case it reminds me of something that might be encountered floating in the sea - like a jellyfish or some form of gelatinous egg capsule. Whether you agree there or not - or would prefer if I compared it to some sort of ice sculpture or something - it is still a remarkable and amazing stone.

3 5/8" by 3 5/8" by 2 3/8"