On the hunt for thundereggs

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Published 2024-03-31

Millions of years ago, in what would one day become Eastern Oregon's Owyhee Canyonlands, lava and water merged to create thundereggs – sphere-shaped rock formations containing agate, jasper or opal. Correspondent Conor Knighton digs into the history of Oregon's state rock, whose beauty is most apparent when sliced open.

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All Comments (21)

@lputaa 3 months ago

Wow wonderful thanks CBS Sunday Morning 😁 always watching this bits of knowledgeable video. Regards from Africa Kenya
@judd442009 3 months ago

Thundereggs, geodes, Petoskey stones, chain coral, and all sorts of other wonders of nature.
@steveconn 3 months ago

Great combination between traditional Easter Egg Hunts and fossil finding!
@lareneandpipsqueeksully 3 months ago

Oh my, I have an old thunderegg my dad gave me from there, it has not been cut! Now I’m excited to see what it might look like!
@maybeebuzzy2265 3 months ago

This is awesome. I follow quite a few rockhounds on youtube, and one of my faves is when they cut thunder eggs🤩
@adamhuffman3354 3 months ago

Very beautiful. Nature has a pretty incredible artist!
@kathyracine1903 3 months ago

Love this story ❤️ Ty 😊
@valariemeltzer1059 3 months ago

Very cool great story and informative. I follow Agate Dad and he cuts these open often. I just watched him cut a little ones and in comments someone mentioned this so I had to look it up to watch it. Very cool.
@user-cc7qg6rt7n 3 months ago

I found 10 eggs and gave them to a fellow that showed me what to look for and he acted like I just gave him a million dollars. I never did see what was inside, but his expression was reward enough for me.
@JeffBrazeel-fe4wc 3 months ago

I have 2 Thunder Eggs we Disovered in Colorado some 40 years ago, I opened 1, and the other is Unopened. Beutiful Blue Agate in these. The size of a Baseball.
@dorothyedwards7225 3 months ago

This is pretty cool!
@invisi6l339 1 month ago

interesting. cbs sunday morning is teaching me so many things I didn't know that exist
@Katseye102 3 months ago

I got 2 thunder eggs one time that had almost perfect star shapes in them, to me they are really special.
@SeaTurtle515 3 months ago

So cool!
@kathleenmartin7498 3 months ago

Makes me want to plan a trip to Oregon!!
@L.Spencer 3 months ago

My grandma liked to do lapidary and taught us how to make rock jewelry. We found a neat, unique rock in the backyard and she cut it open for us on her saw. It was black with white whisps, very pretty. Reminds me of these, but I don't think it's the same thing.
@debbralehrman5957 3 months ago

Awesome I never heard of this.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@Sunshine-do3yv 3 months ago

Really something...!!!! Never heard of these.....🌄🌄🌄🦋🦋🦋🦋
@j.l.5935 3 months ago

Amazing beautiful!!! How did they find out by it???
@shakascloset1700 3 months ago

We have some in vermilion Ohio at mill hollow park.