Querbitzsch Kaolin Mine

The German kaolin mines produce a unique group of thundereggs, clearly from the same geology, yet showing some distinct differences as well. They are characterised by an extremely weathered and crumbly matrix that is heading for pure white with very visible crystal inclusions. Often incomplete or damaged, they can still be extraordinarily beautiful. The Querbitzsch specimens often feature very unusual cores indeed, compared with general thundereggs. Rather than agate, they are filled with complex pseudomorphs and crystal structures - needles, bends, strange caves, etc, often verging towards a very nice soft pink or even bright blood red. The few 'solid' specimens do not look like agate as such, being filled with complex swirls and crystalline forms. They are a unique and wonderful thunderegg and every time I encounter more, I only get more fascinated. They are one of my personal favorites on a global level and one location I will happily move mountains for and fill entire shelves with!

The kaolin egg deposits in this geological area are also one of the sources of the Saxony gravelpits, especially Bokelwitz and Otterwisch.

Beautiful Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Plates and Pale Pink Fill	Querbitzsch Thunderegg Geode	Querbitzsch Thunderegg Core with Green Needles
Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Hints of Red and Green	Stunning Larger Querbitzsch Thunderegg Red-Stained Core	Green-Stained Querbitzsch Thunderegg
Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Green 'Jasper'	Complex Little Querbitzsch Thunderegg	Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Bright Red Complex Core
Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Swirled Reddish Core	Querbitzsch Thunderegg Needles in Crystal	Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Precise Pseudomorph Core
Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Beautiful Pink Core	Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Complex Core	Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Pseudomorphs and Cave
Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Pink Pseudomorphs	Small Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Simple Pink Core	Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Solid Translucent Core
Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Bright Red Core	Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Amazing Curved Pseudomorphs	Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Black Mineralisation
Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Pale Pseudomorph Core	Giant Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Crystal Plates	Simple Double Querbitzsch Thunderegg
Querbitzsch Thunderegg with beautiful Dark Red Core	Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Red-Lined Cave	Querbitzsch Thunderegg With Complicated Silicified Mud
Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Classic Red/Orange Core	Querbitzsch Thunderegg with beautiful Pale Red Core	Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Complex Plates
Worn Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Grey Mineral Plates	Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Beautiful Pale Core	Small Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Round Hollows
Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Silicified Mud	Very Pale and Small Querbitzsch Thunderegg	Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Classic Pink
Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Large Cave	Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Beautiful Light-Pink and Quartz Core	Very Unusual Uncut Slip Formation Thunderegg from Querbitzsch
Beautiful Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Varied Core	Large Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Solid 'Jasper' Core	Small Pink Querbitzsch Thunderegg
Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Yellowish Custard Core	Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Dark Caves	Querbitzsch Thunderegg With Crystal
White Querbitzsch Thunderegg	Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Pink Silicifed Mud	Pale Swirling Querbitzsch Thunderegg
Large Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Solid Core of Silicified Mud	Large Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Red Stained Silicified Mud	Complex and Beautiful Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Intricate Bartite and Red Material.
Unusual Large Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Black Core	Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Banded Silicified Mud	Simple, Pink-Blushed Querbitzsch Thunderegg
Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Faint Amethyst	Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Intricate Barite	Pale Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Barite
Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Brown Mud	Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Red-Stained Barite	Querbitzsch Thunderegg with Red Speckling