THUNDER EGGS! Believed to have fallen from the sky during Thunderstorms..
Beautiful geological treasures that are Thunder Eggs can be found on this fossicking adventure at Tamborine Mountain’s Thunderbird Park in the Gold Coast Hinterland.
What are thundereggs and why are they so special?
Thundereggs are found globally wherever conditions are right and they are found at Thunderbird Park! The mineral rich seam that runs through Mount Tamborine was discovered at Thunderbird Park in the 1930’s and opened to the Public in 1967. Today, the ground at 300m by 50m open-cut mine has an endless supply of beautiful thundereggs. The name of ‘thunderegg’ originated in the United States, and refers to spherulite (spherical body generally occurring in glassy rocks, especially silica-rich rhyolites), a geological phenomenon greatly prized by collectors and amateur lapidaries.
