Are These Agates? Cutting on Lapidary Saw to Verify Identity

[@AgateDad]

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[@معینعابدی-ح7ت]

سلام من از ایران برنامه شماره دنبال میکنم خوشا زیر نویس فارسی هم ایجاد کنید با تشکر

[@lenideguzman2250]

The 2nd one looks like a fetus of a dinosaur inside an egg

[@marijap6153]

Veliki pozdrav iz jedne daleke male zemlje MONTENEGRO. Porasla sam uz razne kamenje a nikada nisam se sjetila tako da ih odvojim da vidim kako izgledaju Predivno 👍👍👍👍👍

[@معینعابدی-ح7ت]

دوست عزیز تشکر بابت وقتی که برای انتشار برنامه صرف میکنید خواهشا ترجمه فارسی هم برای برنامه بگذارید تشکر

[@PheakTraASMR9999]

[@bewilderment9268]

My father was a rockhound most of his life from a very young age. He passed some of that passion on to 3 of his 8 kids. He made jewelry for friends and family. One of his prized posessions, rock wise, l now have. It is a Native American ax head made of Agatized Petrified Wood. Absolutely beautiful. He always loved Agate for it's varied colors and patterns. One piece of jewelry he made for a childhood friend of ours. That friend picked out the Agate and the cut he wanted, gave it to his mother for Christmas. Every time l saw that woman dressed up, she was wearing that pendant. She loved that stone.

[@mt.shasta6097]

Bewild Erment, loved seeing the word "rockhound." Sounds like my dad. He, too, made jewelry for family and friends. My aunt wore a big ring--a jade cabochon set in yellow gold, that he made for her. After she got it, she wore it the rest of her long life. Lots of stories of rockhounding, all fondly recalled by your post.

[@jeremyellison2293]

I’d like to see that ax head I found one at my grandparents when I was around 6

[@amazinmason]

at the gem club I ussd to hear people say," it's Just chert..." I say cherts can be really beatiful...one of my favorite stones

[@Ehill315]

I once cut a rock with a machine similar like the one you used, and I found out that it was really fun. Especially when you look at the rock and see how “Beautiful” the rock is when you cut it in half. I’m not an expert on rocks but you never know what you will find in the rocks until you cut into them. I find it’s an Art in doing so. Thank you for your video’s. I’ll continue watching them.

[@lisajean228]

Sure looks like fun to me!

[@fauj7860]

What s the best thing u found to date in these rocks ?

[@ashconfer9827]

Beautiful. I just started rockhounding this year and trying to learn as much as I can. Especially how to spot the outside skin and know. This helped and gorgeous pieces u opened. Thank you

[@slwtgf]

Me too!! Good luck to you..and would I love this same saw, one day - that’s cool it opens so that both sides are smooth and clean -incredible,,!! ;)

[@kylaabegglen1275]

Beautiful stones! That chert has really pretty banding and markings inside. Thanks for sharing Taylor!✌🤠

[@AgateDad]

I agree!

[@benth162]

Some years back I was walking in a park close to my home and saw a large rock of about 15 lbs, and knew it to be an Agate, so I took it home. It sat in our front yard for at least four or five years when an opportunity arose where I could trade some work to a company which cuts granite counter tops and got them to cut it into a large cube which weighs about 11.6 lbs which he polished to a to a smooth shine on all sx sides and it now sits in our curio cabinet in the living room.How did I know it was an agate? Agate has a peculiar aspect, in that when it is hit with a hard object it forms little half moon scars which the gray one he cut second had some of, and as you can see it is a nice agate. Many years ago I was four wheeling north of Mt. Shasta California, where you could pick up fist-sized agates on top the ground like it was an easter-egg hunt. I got there by traveling up Dead Indian Road out of Ashland Oregon and then making a right turn into a forest rangers four wheel drive road and went south for miles toward Shasta.

[@chance1986]

Fun to watch. And a great reveal! Both rocks look beautiful.

[@michaelhachenberg6968]

Lustig🤔🤔🙄???

[@TredecimRocks]

I'm impressed with how steady you must hold your hands. Doesn't look like you get bad saw marks all over when you cut!

[@yoopermann7942]

thats my neck of the woods, the UPPER PENINSULA of MICHIGAN has some of the most beautiful rocks around,, in my opinion that is

[@AgateDad]

I’d LOVE to travel and explore there someday!

[@CityRockhounding]

Really exciting to see this video, I just cut two open that had that same waxy like spots and had a similar insides and colors. Really helpful video, because I was scratching my head on those. Thanks Taylor!

[@calrabeyer383]

I love watching your videos and how excited you get.

[@AgateDad]

Thanks :) I’m glad you enjoy!

[@botryoidalbishhh3150]

I read recently that “agates are the cockroach of the geology world” They are incredibly opportunistic and like to sneak in places.

[@AgateDad]

Hahaha that’s hilarious! True I suppose

[@johnramirez5032]

Lovely looks

[@rossbrumby1957]

These ones are about as attractive as roaches compared to specimens from Agate creek, and other locations around Australia. Hope you also have nice ones over there.

[@icecream9933]

Chalcedony is beautiful

[@Russo-s1d]

Ни за что бы не подумал, что внутри может быть что-то ценное😮 Эти камни выглядят совершенно обыкновенными. Такие тысячами лежат по берегам рек и озёр - да где угодно!

[@laurar6967]

You called it. You said it could be and my gosh... how lovely. Great agate cutting video. Thanks Agate Dad!❤️

[@patrickbeaton6697]

coooool, the left side of the chert looks like a lizard head huntin'(cause that's what lizards do haha), yellow spot is the eye. 🦎 enjoyed the vid Taylor 👊

[@conniemyette3688]

I'm a newbie to rock hounding.. thx for the knowledge. Finally I can tell an agate from chert.

[@AgateDad]

happy to help!

[@justjulee9135]

I loved both rocks! So beautiful inside!

[@AgateDad]

I totally agree!

[@justjulee9135]

@@Godwinpounds4333 I'm good. And you?

[@stonedpicker5627]

Game changer. Take your lapidary saw to the beach… The possibilities…

[@jenniferi7196]

I told my family I was bringing my wet saw camping with us the last time we went! Lol They wouldn't let me :-/ 😅

[@diamondhunterTv5]

Amazing rockhounding agate hunting 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@judyhobday4760]

going to have to rethink what an agate looks like. Oregon beach agates are an entirely different animal. But good to see what you find when you cut into what i would have passed up.

[@catseye1009]

I gotta say watching you cut into the rocks had me on edge. Your fingers are so close to the saw!

[@CarolynMcPherson-r3z]

Rock at 2:39 is a scene from a movie: far off source of light--moon?--fireworks or explosions, etc. Gorgeous!

[@MontanaRockMom]

Videos like this are so fun... the gray blue was unexpected inside, very pretty. Happy Holidays

[@AgateDad]

Fun cutting a couple maybes and getting a couple beauties!

[@markhosbach9420]

Agates get all the glory, but love that chert.

[@AgateDad]

That’s because they’re the best lol that’s only my opinion though 😅 I do love a lot of other minerals though

[@thegemstonecapitaldenzthen970]

I love collecting stones too.. Nice one

[@RockhoundTreasurehunt]

Very cool pattern splash once cut open!

[@laurar6967]

You called it. You said it could be and my gosh... how lovely. Great agate cutting video. Thanks Agate Dad!❤️

[@johnramirez5032]

Thanks for that. Im not a rock hound but i do find it intresting

[@wyomingadventures]

Sweet chert! You just never know what you find cutting a rock in half.

[@AgateDad]

Exactly!

[@snort5203]

I always think of the cool countertops your agates would make!

[@bedrockrhapsody]

It's so exciting to see what's inside!!!!

[@darrinwilliams5715]

That chert was really good, but the agate is kinda blah. Both are keeper tho.😎

[@AgateDad]

An agates an agate lol but the chert was a beauty for sure, as far as chert goes.

[@Martin-yf8cv]

Very interesting video. I'm now a new subscriber. Looking forward to watching future videos

[@AgateDad]

Thanks for joining!

[@GREEKEXPLORERS]

Amazing video my friend, thank you for sharing it with us!!

[@botryoidalbishhh3150]

Nice way to start that week Taylor!

[@AgateDad]

🙏🤘🤘

[@nildamarquez9946]

Nice 👍. I airways expect that both sides mirror each other, but there are some differences. Still beautiful to me. Blessings 🙏❤️🥰

[@phoenixrising4172]

Indescribably Beautiful, Feel Them Through My Computer and Your Laugh. of Joy!!!

[@alexanderbalucan3288]

Nice that you view it before you cut the stone

[@MyLifestyle-r5s]

Beautiful stones

[@marywrigjt7614]

The chert looked like “spirits”. Beautiful stones. 👍👍

[@bulletman124XXL]

Great video thanks for sharing!! Cool looking when you pop them open!

[@lemhanback9595]

Thanks for sharing, both were beautiful indifferent ways. Yep I'd make something with them both. For me it's about colors and patterns. If I think it's cool maybe someone else will too.

[@jesseellis7298]

I love this sort of chert! Agatey but not agate by the definition, but just gorgeous.

[@ladyday1]

OMG I have a number of Northern California stones I'll send you ...would love to see the inside of a few of mine Q!!!

[@linaldoandrade8800]

Beautiful show

[@rynanalextoysandtravel3166]

Love to watch your video

[@GeodeCrackerCollector]

Suhweet video brother! The chert is super gorgeous!

[@AgateDad]

Right?? I have a nice piece of banded chert I need to polish, it’s so pretty

[@patriciamckean4186]

Love the wonder of cutting....first to see!!!

[@margiebrown7436]

That first one looked like a moss agate. 🥰

[@AgateDad]

I agree

[@dyannejohnson6184]

You never know the beauty that bursts forth

[@deniseview4253]

Both rocks are beautiful!

[@AgateDad]

I agree

[@helencalnan.30]

Beautiful Rocks.The surprise is on the inside.

[@kirbycraft9325]

Maybe I'm too easily pleased, but an agate is an agate. Plus to my understanding they are a lot rarer in the U.P.. I have several mottled agates, and they have their own character. I really like the roll of the chert banding. Not many agates even do that. Also I thought that the first one might even be Orange Granite, so I probably wouldn't have even picked it up; I've been fooled SO many times by it, but maybe I need to look a little closer in the future. Thank you.

[@AgateDad]

Doesn’t hurt to bring a few extra home just for cutting fun

[@kirbycraft9325]

Yea, I'm looking at getting a dremmel tool , mainly for some of my Jaspers, but I do have a couple of agates that if cleaned up a bit would look a lot better; mainly the ones from my L.C. gravel road.

[@audraacklin9826]

The one piece of Chert looks like a light at the end of a tunnel. 😁

[@obieobrien5883]

Short and interesting

[@AgateDad]

Thanks

[@glenn5903]

Wow! Both were pretty.

[@camsvideocollections9766]

Holy smokes batman! Haha those are wild! That chert I certainly didn't expect anything like that inside but Wow! So much going on it both. Thank you so much!

[@AgateDad]

Yeah the chert was beautiful!

[@camsvideocollections9766]

@@AgateDad absolutely! That agate was found in the water on the Keweenaw Peninsula, up at copper harbor, Maggie found it just glowing in the sunlight that morning, where most of the stone there is brown / red iron staining so this thing popped out like a neon light in the water!

[@jenniferi7196]

How can you identify "Chert"

[@camsvideocollections9766]

@@jenniferi7196 Chert is a type of Jasper, so it will always be opaque and light wont shine through it like agate. Chert is typically a greyish blue or a brown sandy color and although they can have some banding and swirls of such but its not the self organized structure that takes place in agate

[@jenniferi7196]

@Cams Video Collections thank you. So I wonder if a lot of what I'm finding in the water here in FL is chert vs agatized coral 🤔 I wish I could post a picture

[@tanyd6627]

i love rocks as much as you do buddy!i

[@codyrose1511]

Beautiful rocks!

[@laurabryfogle7516]

Thank you! That was cool

[@catherineeldridge3039]

Just gorgeous Thanks for sharing!!!! I Love Trinkit Hunting

[@raystevens687]

Another fine job on your cutting and the other things you. I would to say that 2nd rock looks like you need 12X12 inches so a person could tile there floors. But I don't know if there any thing that big to do that so the next good thing is just polish it and add it to the collection. I'm going now thanks Ray 😊

[@aliencat11]

The chert is beautiful. As is the agate.

[@robertr4193]

That gray one looks almost like it has a ghost image of a gold fish in the area where you were pointing out the bands.

[@sandmaker]

Cool cuts. Love the colors. Be happy, safe and stay healthy 😷⚒

[@serenalewis1381]

Hi, as agates have bands, I would've thought thr gray one which has bands, would've been an agate, no? I'm new so asking to learn :)

[@wompppwompwomppp]

It would be kind of a "low grade" agate because it's not as defined

[@LauraNielson-b3g]

I like that people send things to you to cut!

[@ronaldalbert1751]

Thank you for letting me know what's in these rocks

[@carmenevans7651]

The chert was particularly interesting.

[@idahogemlady8017]

I love agates. Personally agates are the best

[@AgateDad]

I agree

[@lengaignejosette3048]

J'aime les pierres 👍💕

[@tenaedmonson1213]

They are beautiful!

[@MNpicker]

Awesome stuff!! I'm liking that chert😎

[@AgateDad]

Cheers fun! Doesn’t get a fair shake sometimes

[@jenniekay16]

For all the Chert we have, we should make countertops ❤😂

[@CarolynMcPherson-r3z]

Great way to start the morning!

[@lindareese4579]

Wow!! How beautiful!!

[@whygowegabusch120]

We found a bunch of those red ones on a trip to the UP a few months ago. I cut one open and it looks exactly like the one you cut. I wasnt sure if that is agate or not. Cool stuff.

[@inoroshii]

The second one has dragon inside with gold eye ❤ amazing👏

[@janettetippetts7942]

Beautiful!

[@paigelee6321]

Awesome 😊💙✌🏻

[@kd7ign]

The second one looks like angel wings.

[@TheRealUnknown01]

I live in Kentucky and hunt a lot of geodes, I haven't tried looking for agate, I know LOTS of it is here, most of I find are little chunks if I do find it. Not quite sure what to look for In bigger pieces

[@tashacherry1480]

With all due respect I'm curious what made you think either were agates? I always thought you'd look for a glassy like window. Was it all the pits? That gray one through me for a loop. Didn't expect that at all. Lil hack if you want to try it. Instead of polishing them to keep that wet look just throw a few coats of polyurethane on them. It's a great hack when you know polishing is going to take away any really nice detail on slabs.

[@VijayGoswami-dl9vp]

Very nice 👍

[@calrabeyer383]

My family takes camp trips to copper harbour and we have so much fun.

[@calrabeyer383]

How can i send you a few pictures?

[@bratadette8603]

I love that chert. I see wolf and eagle in it.

[@rockandfound]

I have found a black one much like the grey on with the same color brown but streaked out here in the Mohave.

[@xseption]

Those were both beautiful

[@budiyanto-agung5172]

at 2:46 minutes on the right surface the right index finger is pointed, if you look closely it looks like a painting of a rabbit's face with one black and one yellow eye

[@camillepujanes7539]

So beautiful

[@davidweisschadel]

I see rock like that on the Pacific Northwest. I am in Tofino bc and have a bunch of rocks. Like this. Im looking to get a tile saw next payday...

[@bedrockrhapsody]

On camera the chert has a slight purple tint they are both gorgeous!

[@landonhoward416]

Super cool!

[@vartushteravetisyan4981]

💞💞💞ITS SO BEAUTIFUL AND HAVE SO PRETY COLORY STRACTURES... LUCKY CHANCE...💞💞💞

[@bluetickbeagles116]

I’m in awe of the SIZE of the agates in Michigan and Lake Superior. Makes our pea size Pacific Ocean beach agates look like pinheads Lol….still addicted to the hunt though…we have the clear white agates out here. ❤ Love your vids.

[@wrencoe4016]

You’re not looking in the right places then. Hint: summer 1956 river phoenix blueberry pie eating contest where the pioneers park. I’ve pulled out ones bigger than a basketball and lots of softball sizes.

[@sitdogsit78248]

It is always so amazing to find them!

[@pembrajo46]

went as I expected...that little limonite "window on the grey rock, looked too much like chert for it to be much of anything else, and the red one was red...but I was surprised it was agate.... but if either was, it had to be that one

[@frankeysmith1974]

Fiogtg

[@GrandTreasureBay]

When you paused when first looking at the first one, I was about on the same page as you were... "Is this an agate?... I'm not sure... Wait! It is!" Fun video :)

[@AgateDad]

Yupp!

[@glenn5903]

Wow! Looks like moss!

[@vancemacd6315]

I did not know Chert looked so nice inside.