Post by Hal S. on Jul 31, 2007 8:12:52 GMT -5
Last year my wife and I headed for Northeastern TN. (Aunts house) I had heard she lives on a lime stone deposit and wanted to see this for myself. Upon arriving I noticed something odd around her gardens. All lined with these rounded stones or egg shaped stones.
I was blown away. 90% of the stones in her garden, were Thunder eggs and she never knew what she had. She told me she went to the fields behind her yard to get these stones to create boards for her gardens.
Later I walked through a cow pasture no less so dodging the "meadow muffins". Down into the field that she had spoke about. finding small piles of these stones lying about. I knew they were thunder eggs. The cows grazing for grass, used their hoof's to knock away or uproot these thunder eggs.
At the corner of her yard, I discovered the largest Thunder egg I had ever seen. Measuring approx. 4 feet wide, she had been using it as a field marker to separate the neighbors land from hers. I would have to consider that stone to be a thunder mass if there is such a thing.
For those Not aware what a thunder egg is, let me explain:
Thunder egg is a form of chalcedony or "Kal-sed-n-ee or Kal-suh-doh-nee". An agate/quartz base stone. These stones are formed in the lime stone deposit as I had predicted. Over time water, minerals, heat, cold and other elements took part in creating these egg shaped stones. Some smooth while others more or less chunks.
The most common verity of thunder egg is white, But my aunt had what would be considered "very desirable". It is a blue from of calcedony, and from what I have heard it can or is a very rare form of stone.
I was blown away. 90% of the stones in her garden, were Thunder eggs and she never knew what she had. She told me she went to the fields behind her yard to get these stones to create boards for her gardens.
Later I walked through a cow pasture no less so dodging the "meadow muffins". Down into the field that she had spoke about. finding small piles of these stones lying about. I knew they were thunder eggs. The cows grazing for grass, used their hoof's to knock away or uproot these thunder eggs.
At the corner of her yard, I discovered the largest Thunder egg I had ever seen. Measuring approx. 4 feet wide, she had been using it as a field marker to separate the neighbors land from hers. I would have to consider that stone to be a thunder mass if there is such a thing.
For those Not aware what a thunder egg is, let me explain:
Thunder egg is a form of chalcedony or "Kal-sed-n-ee or Kal-suh-doh-nee". An agate/quartz base stone. These stones are formed in the lime stone deposit as I had predicted. Over time water, minerals, heat, cold and other elements took part in creating these egg shaped stones. Some smooth while others more or less chunks.
The most common verity of thunder egg is white, But my aunt had what would be considered "very desirable". It is a blue from of calcedony, and from what I have heard it can or is a very rare form of stone.