Precious Opal Uncovered While Cutting Thundereggs!! 

Thanks!! Yea i didn't know if people would want to watch a 20 minute vid of me opening rocks, tried to cut out all the empty spaces I could. I still think some different angles while i was cutting the rocks would've been good. I'm super happy with how the thundereggs turned out though, I think there'll be some great landscapes in some of them!! Quite a different variety to most places and the rhyolite itself is quite colorful too!!🙂

Thanks!! There will be lots more garnet hunting done in the future, I already have a few new spots in mind!!

Thanks!!🙂

It's probably one of the most rare thundereggs you can find!! I've never seen anyone else post precious opal thundereggs before either, feel so lucky to have found one!!

Awesome!! I really like those opals too, I'll be sure to try and polish a couple of them up!!🙂

Thanks for watching🙂

Maybe, I'll have to give that a try🤔

@NWRockExplorer watercolor binder is the easiest and least messy to make. You probably already have a good collection of mineral pigments. Any iron oxides will be a super stable option for pigments as well.

I haven't been a huge fan in the past either, most thundereggs looked the same to me. There's so many varieties though!! Some can be filled with quartz crystals making them a geode, some can be brightly colored agate, fire opal, and like i showed in this vid some can hold precious opal!! There can be some pretty cool formations in these things if you're in the right spot🙂

Me neither haha, never thought I'd find something like that!!😅

It can be elusive but it's out there!! Most areas where I've found it have tons of common opal so if you see lots of common opal your on the right track. It just comes down to the luck of the draw if you'll find it but your odds increase the more your boots are on the ground😉

Thanks!!🙂

Awesome!! I have seen some pretty big seams of chalcedony and chalcedonic quartz but the largest agate I've ever found is about 5 lbs, it was part of a giant thunderegg!! Still always on the search for better and better material though😉

@@NWRockExplorer wow that’s a good one.

Got it, any constructive criticism?🤔