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Jewelry Gemstone Pendant - Characteristics
The Australian Thunderegg is well-known under the name amulettstone or Thunderegg.This amulettstone is somewhat completely special.Australian Amulet Stone, Thundering: The Australian Thunder Company is known as the Amulet Stone or Thunderegg. A kind Sternachat, only with rather less stars. If the lava cools very fast, they are produced in rhyolite or other quartz-rich volcanic rocks.
This creates voids that later fill with a special solution and thus lead to the formation of agate. Due to their star-shaped cavities, these thunder eggs are also called star agates. The Australian amulet stones are drilled transversely and can be worn as a pendant with a leather strap or a silver chain. The cavity filling of the Australian amulet stone is translucent and thus makes each stone a unique piece. Australian amulet stone from Australia.
If the cavities look like stars, we call these agates star agates, the stars are less pronounced, the name amulet stone, thunderstorm, or thunderegg is more appropriate. The most beautiful specimens, as well as our thundering eggs, our Thundereggs come from Australia and are known throughout the world.
Meaning of the Australian amulet stone:
The Auberiginies, the Aborigines of Australia formerly received a Thunderegg in a ritual, the stone was "awakened". These amulets of stone are protective stones against the evil and for affection of the wearer. "Children of Uluru", small parts of Ayers Rock. Of course, these sites were sacred places. Of course, these really beautiful amulet stones are of course professionally mined and processed. Still, the story told about the amulet stones of Aboriginal Australians is a beautiful one that I often pass on today when I sell such a gemstone.