I Cut Open Random Rocks to See What's Inside

Ever wonder what's inside those random rocks you find everywhere? Well, we're about to find out! Watch as I cut open a variety of rocks that I have had for YEARS to see what is inside. I cannot believe what I found inside these and I'm mad that I didn't cut them sooner!
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[@AgateAriel]

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[@lescrawford3341]

I just discovered your channel...it's great

[@dreamweaver3095]

@@lescrawford3341 - same here!

[@carlitoshoued7400]

Hi I'm new to your channel and I'm loving it. I bought the National Geographic geode kit and after cracking one I sold the rest for a profit unopened. Keep it up love your videos

[@CrystalswithKairo]

Some amazing work there!

[@lepterfirefall]

The closeness of your fingers to that saw terrifies me.

[@haelz1367]

Me too. Should there be a guard or wear gloves?

[@keelyschaecher4029]

Pretty sure it's not a normal saw so it's safer for your hands. I've seen some like that. Like the ones they use for a cast

[@khlare.likes2playrblx]

⁠@@keelyschaecher4029yess they only go back and forth, and they only cut through very solid objets, so your hands are to ‘soft’ for it 😊

[@KPMOgre]

Continuous edge diamond blades won't cut you, but they will grind your fingernails down. Someday I plan on upgrading to an actual lapidary saw but for now, I just use a tile saw.

[@joecontreras5068]

I really wanted to watch but I really don’t want to see what’s inside a finger

[@brooos]

In addition to the "cheese" rock, I thought one of the others looked like a baked potato. You've got the start of a meal.

[@AgateAriel]

Hahah perfect-now I just need a turkey rock 🤔😆

[@madelyn5376]

I get so excited watching people cut open rocks I'm considering buying a saw of my own🤔 Thanks for inspiring another woman,💖

[@AgateAriel]

You definitely should! It’s so much fun!

[@scholbe]

Same. It feels like Christmas watching these. 💚

[@msmarigold4647]

same, I'm taking mine to the art center they have wet saws there but I want more tools besides tumbler

[@nikkilovesrocks]

I have way too many rocks & I HAVE TO GET A WET SAW! Some might be beautiful & some not.. cutting to see is just so exciting!!! It justifies having pockets full of rocks when you can show them off like this video! Love this! Let's Go Girls💪

[@TurnedandTuned]

Just so you know, when you cut a rock with dendrites, they will only be fully visible if cut from the right angle. If you had cut that second rock in parallel with the bottom it probably would have had dendrites similar to what was visible on the bottom throughout. Also, that black you could see is evidence that there are dendrites from fossil bacteria within, but the angle was off. Loved the video, thanks for sharing it!

[@veggiemonkie5041]

thats what i was thinking!

[@nthomas87]

Dendrites are not fossils. They are manganese crystal structures.

[@turtle_1229]

Or iron oxide ​@@nthomas87

[@suzscully]

I loved the one that looked like bread! Yay!!!

[@AgateAriel]

Haha right! I have no idea why, but I really did too 🤣

[@annettebromley9217]

The last one looks like blue cheese. So cool. I think they are cool in their own way.

[@AgateAriel]

Right! I agree!

[@Mittzy]

Agree

[@saundraschaefer]

I love how enthused you always are. It's contagious! Also, the cheese rock makes me happy!

[@AgateAriel]

Hahaha me too!

[@debraharris5643]

I recently threw away some gouda cheese slices that looked like that rock. Amazing how an unassuming rock can pack such a punch. Love your energy and enthusiasm. Keep up the great content.

[@AgateAriel]

Haha right! I really liked that last one 😂

[@elissa6250]

The cheese looking rock looks like it could be part of the food rock table collection. I absolutely love it such a cool find.

[@AgateAriel]

Oh my gosh you are so right!

[@cynthiaswain4070]

Most of them are really cool.

[@AgateAriel]

Right! I was pretty impressed!

[@buds8423]

Agh! Are rocks really held by hand?! I wouldn’t do that with wood. That thunder egg scared the thunder outta me!

[@colonialcharlie8702]

Wood saws have teeth that can catch. This has the equivilent of sandpaper for the cutting edge not teeth. The rocks don't jerk out of your hand and touching blade is the same as a rope burn. Usual case is that you make your fingernail an odd shape and jerk your finger when you feel alittle rope burn sting. Once you try it, you realize it's so much safer than it looks 😂 I've hit blade plenty of time n just watch nail wear as I keep doing more rocks

[@Kotikylankivet]

Random rocks rules 😊👍 i also just started cutting rocks with tile saw. So intresting see whats inside of rocks 😊

[@AgateAriel]

Right!! It’s addicting lol

[@Ann-snowshoeingonEnceladus]

Even the more plain ones are gorgeous! I would love a countertop made of any of them, but especially the ones at 6:20, and 8:30. So beautiful, thank you Ariel!

[@AgateAriel]

Of course! Glad you liked it!

[@karleybioanthro]

The thunder rocks, the agates and the cheesey bread rock were cool!

[@AgateAriel]

Agreed!

[@patriciamckean4186]

That wholly rock was cool. Lovely fractured membrane.

[@AgateAriel]

I know right! I’m glad the fractured membrane was throughout!

[@prof-quack]

All this makes me want to spend a whole vacation just learning how to rockhound! Also, loved the lightning agates!

[@pleegjepleegje]

Just go out for a hike and pick up what caches your eye.

[@AgateAriel]

You should! Rockhounding is so fun!!

[@AgateAriel]

That’s exactly how I started!

[@isaaclawson3126]

Cool video, thanks again. The Breadstone at the end reminds me of Leland blue glass. Alot of the old forges in the Great Lakes region would dump their slag in the lakes and you get glass/stones that look like that. They come in a bunch of colors too. Frankfort Green, purple, grey is most common. I don't know if it is, it just looks kinda like it. Pretty cool.

[@AgateAriel]

Oh wow that’s really interesting! I’ll have to look more into that!

[@OneStrangeJourney]

I recently started rockhounding and absolutely love your videos! They are exciting, educational, fun, and your energy is contagious. I found my first agate the other day. Surprisingly hard to come by in my area. Despite all the amazing desert hikes I've been on recently, my favorite rock is a beautiful egg-shaped agate that I found in the gravel parking lot of a dog park 😅.

[@AgateAriel]

Well thank you! And isn’t that funny 😆 sometimes the one I like best are ones I find in landscaping 😅

[@_Its.Just.Felix_]

The swiss blue cheese rock was my fav

[@AgateAriel]

Right!!!!

[@MathGrove]

A rock that looks like cheese is amazing!

[@AgateAriel]

Haha right!! It really was not what I was expecting inside!

[@jackieviolet3375]

'Life is like a box of rocks,you never know what your going to get!!' lol Love your Channel!!

[@Evelyn-po9se]

I think the last one looks like a sof, crazy cheese 🧀 🤤 pretty cool!

[@AgateAriel]

Ohh yeah it does!

[@Barbara_Schulz]

I love the first one

[@AgateAriel]

That’s awesome!

[@billsturm7178]

Hey LOOK 👀 it’s the next one ( yep that’s why I watch - knowledge of Rocks with an amazing personality - always fun to watch / go find some rocks Kiddo

[@AgateAriel]

Haha thank you!

[@Biggdaddy903]

Personally I think whether or not the inside has lacing or banding, seeing first what no one else has ever seen is exciting in itself.. Love your vids.

[@CacklingChick]

Who knew Swiss cheese could cut so easily on a 10" slab saw! Great video, as always! ROCK ON!! 😂😂😂👍🏻🪨⛏️

[@AgateAriel]

Hahaha right 🤣 thank you!

[@B_27]

For those wanting an actual definition, dendrites are branching patterns of manganese oxide which have crystalised in unique formations.

[@mshaw290808mi]

That was a lot of fun! Thank you for sharing.

[@AgateAriel]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@oddball-z]

The things that just appear when you need em...look a bucket of rocks 😂 you are blessed thanks 💚

[@AgateAriel]

Hahah sometimes I think I’m so funny 😆

[@oddball-z]

@@AgateAriel you make me laugh so I think you're funny 🤣

[@RebeckaMcIver]

My daughter is 6 and she loves your videos! Thank you for sharing your love of rocks. Her favorite was the toast rock.❤

[@FahmeeRadman-zp3hm]

بالرغم من أنني لا أفهم أي كلمة بسبب اللغة ،ولاكن أحببت الأحجار بسبب أسلوبك في تقديم هذا المحتوى

[@michaeljermain9208]

I thought I was the only person that likes to cut rocks open. I have been cutting my neighbors rocks open for years. They enjoyed finding them too.

[@AgateAriel]

It’s an awesome hobby 😎

[@Ann-snowshoeingonEnceladus]

The last holey rock would make beautiful bookends. Also, whatever happened with the big cream and tan boulder that was on that construction site a few months ago?

[@AgateAriel]

I did bring it home! I sort of filmed a video on it, but didn’t like how it turned out so I didn’t post it!

[@Ann-snowshoeingonEnceladus]

@@AgateAriel Yay! Glad you got it to a home where it will be appreciated, especially after all the work you did unearthing it. 😊

[@jennypenny6502]

The last one is neat for sure! Tiny Fossils in your loaf of bread lol Super cool!! I wish I had a proper saw to cut rocks open with 😍

[@niki8635]

I love watching her nerd out on rocks

[@AgateAriel]

Me too 😊

[@constellationmajora2789]

Rock unboxing!! i used to smash open rocks at the beach when i was a kid because i wanted to know what they looked like inside haha

[@maybeebuzzy2265]

That last rock is a tickler for sure😂 I love your enthusiasm for any rocks, not just the "hunted ones". I also have lots of unassuming rocks that I've packed around for too long, waiting to get a lap saw. Thing is, I haven't had anywhere to set one up unless it's outside, and uh... nah😆 That last one sure does look like you could make a yum-grilly cheese sam out of it🌻🐝

[@AgateAriel]

Yes! It is hard to find a place to do the cutting but slab saws really are so fun!

[@SteveSteadman-js1zk]

I am back into rock tumbling after 45 years. Hey life can get in the way. Great share, My fave is the red agate

[@Kayari]

Yeah that holey one definitely looks like bread or some kind of fancy cheese, my first thought upon seeing it was i want to eat that, whoch i'm gonna blame on the fact that i jist woke up and haven't had breakfast yet lol Also those thunder eggs look like they got a little bit of lightning trapped in them!

[@AgateAriel]

Oh my gosh yes! They do look like lightning!

[@calebdillman8462]

You should check the dark ones with a flash light. You would reveal more banding for the camera. Just a thought. Love these!

[@AgateAriel]

Oh good idea!!

[@ResonanceZ]

Here's to hoping I can randomly find a container filled with awesome rocks! Especially loved the narration today!

[@AgateAriel]

Haha thanks 😆

[@RazzRG]

Yes. The cheese rock is the best. I have no idea what it is. But that's was just cool.

[@AgateAriel]

Agreed-no idea!

[@luciddaze248]

That cheese rock is awesome! Sometimes the best rocks are the ones you pick up cause you don't know what they are.

[@AgateAriel]

Exactly!!

[@shirleyasnaza2604]

They are each and all interesting !! Thankyou much !! 🎉😊

[@asphaltrox]

I absolutely LOVED the jasper! My goodness! Such color and personality.

[@butchgarner3911]

i hope you polish your bread heels! they would make some really cool bookends!! Great video, thanks for sharing!!

[@AgateAriel]

Right! I’m too nervous to polish them because they are so soft!

[@butchgarner3911]

@@AgateAriel ahh, I never thought about that...

[@joycep7879]

Some of those have a butterfly wing shape to them. It would be cool to make butterfly wall art with them.

[@katrinalodge6055]

Hahaha bread and cheese instantly popped in my mind , i love it too

[@AgateAriel]

Haha I’m glad I really think it’s cool 😆

[@GREEKEXPLORERS]

Amazing video!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@chrisberry9017]

It’s interesting how so many of us are looking for instant gratification (or not) after cutting open a pebble. I just thought of the millions of years that these rocks took to form, and wondered at the marvels of nature. Every one is unique, and just think of how many there are.

[@sarahkwast1250]

2:33 this thunder egg looks like it has a solar system with planets inside! The shading even makes them look 3D! 😍

[@jacobbroe5279]

I would construct a jig to grab the rock especially the small ones. It always looks like you are gonna get a real serious nailclipping on the cutting table one day. Safety before “content”, always!

[@screwthecabal6453]

Those stones are so awesome. You're doing a good job!

[@Hythyr]

That last one really looks like cheese!!

[@AgateAriel]

Right?!?

[@KS-jm9uo]

You are such a joy, Ariel!❤

[@DavidHuber63]

Rocks are amazing

[@Grunty_Thirst]

I like the cheese rock.

[@AgateAriel]

Me too!! Haha

[@williammikaelson2828]

Loved this video thank you !

[@PulitzerOpal]

Lot's of excitement in your videos. I liked the "big cheese" at the end - don't eat it. Very nice work. Congrats! dp

[@Cuinn]

I love the moldy cheese cut! As a newly budding rockhound, I really appreciate these kinds of videos, so thank you for sharing!

[@1980aphillips]

Awesome finds and thank you for sharing☺️

[@sandmaker]

Cut, cut, cut. It's a good thing. You just never know what you will find. Thanks for sharing.

[@AgateAriel]

Agreed! Thanks for watching!

[@HettieJansenVanVuuren]

😂😂😂 i honestly thought it looks like cheese! Love it! You never know until its open 💃💃💃💃💃

[@AgateAriel]

Exactly!

[@rousefire]

The one you cut at 4:25 looks like a butterfly when touching. It would be cool displayed like that.

[@crossgrainwoodproductsltd9230]

The Crescent moon rocks cut into slices would make interesting pendants with other beads on a leather strip. Anyone could wear them but I think those dark colors with the single strip look masculine to me and I would market them as that. Very cool!

[@Cestreparti]

I love it ! Please dont cut your fingers off ❤

[@trashpandapi9905]

I love the hole coverd one very much

[@sparrowriver7916]

Ariel is just, cute. It's why I keep coming back

[@rachelmullenbach4518]

Seriously, same!!!!!!!! She just brings sunshine on the cloudiest days.

[@GerhardMondaga-qn8wi]

Wow very beautiful Stones😲👍

[@ARTSIEBECCA]

Ariel looks like a real life Pixar character 😊

[@AgateAriel]

Haha thank you! 😆

[@theoldways1549]

Even though most of the rocks weren't "special looking" I still find them beautiful. They would make very nice settings for jewelry.

[@GreatestCornholio]

The holey rock kinda freaked me out a bit 😬

[@AgateAriel]

Haha I was wondering about that! I know some people have tryphobia or something like that, where lots of holes are upsetting 😅

[@hn454]

Love your attitude as always! Perfect start to my day. Thanks!

[@tressinar]

I just found you and you make me so happy.

[@dewaynemccamey5103]

I'd have the 10 commandments engraved on the bread looking one. Looks like to stone tablets for a Moses movie Charleston Heston

[@AgateAriel]

Oh it totally does!!

[@arthurpaul1354]

Beautiful hobby

[@gracekennings]

cool!

[@AgateAriel]

Thank you!

[@coacoa289]

That was really awesome thanks for taking us along..I have an idea from this. Thank you..

[@moose3306]

You’re not overreacting, I love the bread rocks 🤣❤️❤️

[@loutrecuidance2976]

OMG those rocks are full of rock !

[@Kiki-hm8bp]

Never thought watching these videos would be like my kid version of watching toy unboxing videos 😂😂

[@Soulgazer999]

duuuude these are so awesome

[@nebulamarshmelon21]

your voice heals my inner child and idk why lmao but i loved seeing all these rocks cut open thank you for sharing!

[@NazareneBoodram-yv8re]

That last one is so awesome

[@kd5byb]

So fun! I love seeing inside of rocks. 😁

[@AgateAriel]

Me too!!

[@tinacluff2793]

Rock #3 came out amazing despite it falling apart. The triplets were a nice surprise. Some of the rest were interesting, but nothing that wowed me like the third one and the triplets.

[@edwardlangdon9256]

Fun with Junkite, great video.

[@charlottewilliams7866]

Hey, you've got a good start on a very happy life if you can entertain yourself so easily. You go, girl!

[@SDMacMan]

The last two were worth sticking around. Especially the cheese rock. Just makes you think of what was happening when that rock was born.

[@sabieDxMx]

Getting a like immediately for the blue bunny ice cream. Tis the best there is

[@weathertrainsrandomniss1083]

My 8 year old thinks the last rock looks like toast! She likes it a lot. I do too. She got a tumbler for her birthday in May and we are just getting to stage 4 on the supplied rocks along with some off the farm. We have been watching michigan rocks for tumbling information. This video popped up next. Now I will be watching marketplace for a tile saw lol. Cheers from Wisconsin.

[@marijanne8822]

The "lace" rock was a "Ghostly Vampire" vibes to me... They were all beautiful in their own way... I have a table of rocks that need to be tumbled and/or cut from our trip out West . You have inspired me ✌️

[@RivvyWritesAndMakes]

I think my favourite was the blue one with all the red squiggles, but I confess that when you cut open the one with all the holes, I screeched "Cheeeeeeeese!" in a most unladylike way 😅

[@arynnoctavia]

I know there’s quite a market for rocks that look like meat in some corners, I wonder if there are similar markets for rocks that look like bread/cheese. Loved this video!

[@AgateAriel]

Haha I should look into that!

[@russellrobinson505]

Dang..that one broke at the vein of gold 😂 thanks for sharing this video with me! I really enjoy seeing the inside of rocks😊 Looks like a bull stomping on a cowboy in the one 😎

[@Yourenotreal7]

Love random rocks😆

[@Opalsnz]

Cheeeeese! Love you enthusiasm ❤

[@screwthecabal6453]

Gorgeous stones, make some awesome necklaces

[@ipt4u]

Now I want to cut all the random rocks in my garden! 😄