Check out my rocks!

[@helencalnan.30]

They are beautiful.Great Video.

[@offyarocka]

DANG!!!!!! That dragons egg would look amazing with a skin polish for sure. Amazing collection!!!!

[@simondowling3270]

Amazing collection mate! Would love to see more 🙏🏼

[@MamlamboFossils]

That Conway wood came out well! I'm not sure about it being common 😄

[@chalcedonychris7310]

haha its super common where we were last ;-)

[@mcmenace4847]

What an awesome collection mate!

[@RockhoundingLife]

Congrats on a beautiful collection!! As a fellow rockhounder your videos are very inspiring!

[@chalcedonychris7310]

Thanks dude!

[@RockhoundingLife]

@@chalcedonychris7310 Are you still in lockdown in New Zealand?

[@lauramarti7548]

Beautiful specimens! Makes me want o get a saw and cut open my finds.

[@chalcedonychris7310]

Yup thats the best way to appreciate them

[@mwilson14]

Nice collection! I love those botryoidal crystals.

[@upnorthadventureswithccc]

They all are great but the one at 8:55 is to die for !! So beautiful !! Thanks much for sharing. Very Nice :)

[@chalcedonychris7310]

Thanks for watching! That was one of my best days out, wish i had filmed that session

[@406findings]

Those are some really nice pieces bro good finds for sure 🍻

[@chalcedonychris7310]

Thanks dude!

[@lisapavlescak1708]

those are gorgeous!!!!! I wish I could find those types of rocks here in Ohio !!!

[@TeamFishweights]

They make me smile every time I see them! Dont know much about Ohio sorry! But saving up for a trip somewhere special and getting some good pieces would make them even more special :-)

[@Doxymeister]

And I love your four-legged friend! LOL, mine would barely reach his knees. Funny story: My son brought his 70 lb. Mastiff/Boxer cross over for me to watch while he was out of town. My 10 lb. Chihuahua would growl at him to keep him from jumping up into the recliner--was so funny watching this huge dog roll his eyes and give a deep sigh before moving on, in the face of fierce resistance from that tiny defender. Good manners, thank God, on his part. LOL, I must be getting super bored telling stupid dog stories on a chalcedony channel. Give Lickety Split a hug from us!

[@TeamFishweights]

Hahaha aww little dogs have the biggest attitudes!! I love dogs so it's never a bad time for a dog story :-) I grew up with dachshunds and they also had big attitudes for little dogs :-)

[@Doxymeister]

@@TeamFishweights LOL, they do, do they? Cheers! :)

[@angelajellick7246]

Awesome finds. I’ll be coming down south this year sometime to check it out and hopefully find some amazing pieces too

[@chalcedonychris7310]

im sure you will :-) just be prepared to put in at least 3 hours at a time to give yourself a good chance

[@nigelwilson9424]

Chris your agates are so cool

[@Doxymeister]

I can't decide which is my favorite, some really beautiful examples of chalcedony and other minerals, not to mention the gorgeous petrified wood. I do have to say though, that green opalite is stunning! Of course I'm partial to green, but nonetheless, it's still an outstanding piece.

[@TeamFishweights]

They're like children, I love them all but cant choose a favourite haha! But that green opal is rather special. I hope it doesnt craze over time

[@deborahprovo3779]

some r to nice to slice !

[@wilbondcajunrockhound5758]

love those agates

[@chalcedonychris7310]

thanks!

[@mylesaway79]

Wow, I wonder if you are selling some of your collections, I love agates but I don’t have a machine to cut it

[@chalcedonychris7310]

Unfortunately none of those are for sale, but there are a few facebook groups that you can check out

[@richardbennett7342]

Hi That one you say is a pseudomorph is actually a quartz crystal by the looks of it. A psedudomorph as I understand it is the imprint of another crystal left in another mineral. Commonly calcite crystal pseudomorphs are found in agates. It's a lot softer and also decays leaving it's shape behind.

[@Jeffhambur]

Great videos Chris....you must be due for a new one?

[@chalcedonychris7310]

Thanks Gareth! Haha yes i knoooooow, ive been terrible! We moved and works been keeping us busy and ive been fishing more than rockhounding but ive got a few videos up my sleeve ;-)

[@annettehalliday8892]

Amazing collection 👍👍 at 15.30 that agate is truely beautiful. I’m from Oz, did you same that was from “the Heinz area” is that in NZ or have I got your accent totally wrong? Thankyou

[@TeamFishweights]

Haha sorry it's probably the accent! Its Hinds in Canterbury, NZ :-)

[@scoobnicholas3868]

thanks for sharing your collection, may i ask, where are you living to find such a variety of beautiful agates? I am in the state of Iowa, U.S.A Nothing of the likes to be found here, with no volcano's in these here parts, you are lucky to live in that area. :)

[@chalcedonychris7310]

Most of these are from the south island of new zealand

[@lisawilson2912]

Where is High Peaks quarry? I'd love to have a look.

[@excavator068]

Are you using tile saw to cut your rocks? that's generally how i cut mine. How are you getting such a good polish on the sides of the rocks? i'm more of a tumbler guy

[@chalcedonychris7310]

Ive got a friend who has been doing lapidary work for years and he has several sheds full of machines. The polish comes from flat lap machines that vibrate with the agate face down. Ive recently purchased a tile saw so going to try that out soon

[@aaronmorgan8819]

Hi Chris, are you able to refer me to some who cuts stones here in Ashburton\Hinds ?

[@_Jitterbug]

what machinery do you use to cut your stones?

[@jacquiland6467]

Where abouts is this High Peaks area?

[@chalcedonychris7310]

Hi, the nearest town would be hororata or windwhistle i think. In the hills there

[@nigelwilson9424]

Chris I've found a massage nodgel agate

[@bololobololo5107]

Do a video

[@chalcedonychris7310]

Just did a new one :-)