Friend Ranch Thundereggs

There is something special about the Friend Ranch eggs, and they are strikingly different from their not-far-off neighbors at Richardson Ranch. Their agate is often simple and dark - often diluted dark and highly transparent, showing up the interior of the stone like a pond. Sometimes they contains swirls like perfect looking stormclouds or strange intrusions of black that is characteristic of this bed. For all their sometime simplicity - or because of it - there is a magical beauty here and they remain one of my favorite locations. With these stones, the name Thunderegg takes on new organic meaning and it is easy to imagine these hatching with a bang and a small black flash shooting skywards . . .

They take and also demand a really good polish - and they are also incredibly hard to image properly, because that amazingly smooth agate shows up the dust worse than any other I have seen!

Located northeast of Madras, Eastern Oregon

Remarkably Simple Friend Ranch Thunderegg	Complex Friend Ranch Thunderegg - The Black Cat	Friend Ranch 'Stormcloud' Thunderegg
Tiny Friend Ranch Thunderegg	Thunderegg - Friend Ranch	Huge Friend Ranch Geode
Unusual Friend Ranch Thunderegg	Huge Crystalline Friend Ranch Egg	Big Hollow Friend Ranch Thunderegg
Another lovely Friend Ranch pool	Exceptionally clear Friend Ranch Egg	Small and Fine Friend Ranch Egg
Friend Ranch Thunderegg with Moss and Blue Agate	Neat Friend Ranch Thunderegg with Crystal Centre	Simple Friend Ranch Thunderegg with Cracked and Fractured Agate
Simple Friend Ranch Thunderegg with dark agate	Friend Ranch Thunderegg with Shallow Clear Pool	Huge Friend Ranch Thunderegg Pair
Friend Ranch 'Butterfly' Thunderegg Pair	Round and Well-Shaped Friend Ranch Thunderegg	Friend Ranch Thunderegg with Milky agate and crackling
Elegant Friend Ranch with Swirling Agate
Simple Friend Ranch Pair with Blue Agate	Friend Ranch 'Star Agate' Pair	Dark Friend Ranch Pair
Arrow-Shaped Friend Ranch Thunderegg	Dark Friend Ranch Pair with Cave	Irregular Shaped Blueish Cloud Thunderegg