Cutting OPEN Ancient Fossils | Slabbing Mary Ellen Jasper w/ Lapidary Saw

[@AgateDad]

What did you think of this batch of MEJ?? If you’re new to our channel don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss any fun future videos we will be sharing ❤️

[@cuarzorojomichoacan7050]

Good Rocks man!!! I have a black Rock red oranch gellow

[@AgateDad]

@@cuarzorojomichoacan7050 sounds sweet 🤘🤘

[@SonyaJeanette]

Not to sound stupid, but aren't thay all ancient?

[@barbaralowe2738]

@@SonyaJeanette lol so true

[@janegehr4799]

9:07 Mother Nature plays Van Gogh. Gorgeous!

[@kellyharper367]

Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: Hello, Mary Ellen! Glad to make your acquaintance! I love the purple with black speckles...reminds me of 😂 Impressionist paintings...like "Starry Night ".

[@azed3277]

Wow these pieces are so gorgeous!

[@danyel8849]

Thay we're all beautiful. Jasper's are one of my favorite.

[@berjo77]

Your excitement alone makes your videos allot of fun. The great stone you’ve found really adds to the experience. Great work.

[@grammanancy7425]

Agate Dad Friday! Wooo hooo! Love the Mary Ellen jasper!

[@AgateDad]

Hey!! Me too!

[@rosemaryreed1226]

I love the black speckles, they are unique pieces

[@Justfollowthecrumbs]

I look at Jasper and I see work by Vincent Van Gogh and Edvard Munch, it’s the swirls that do it for me and the natural colours too. Keep them coming Taylor.

[@mariemoss2475]

They turned out great, how beautiful 👍💞💞💞💞

[@GrandTreasureBay]

Hot damn dude. That second red Mary Ellen jasper stone. 🔥🔥🔥 Love the white with speckled stripe. Stellar.

[@AgateDad]

Right???

[@camsvideocollections9766]

That last piece is by far the coolest piece of jasper I've ever seen

[@AgateDad]

That’s really nice of you!

[@cbrauer1097]

Love Mary Ellen! Thanks for showing us the inside. Now I want to cut some of mine...

[@AgateDad]

Dooo ittt

[@margaretpeabody2584]

The first 5 close up photos were like looking into a lava flow, 😎and the last one looked like the new earth after the lava flow cooled and healed for thousands of years.💯✔ Beautiful! Thank you for sharing "Rock Bottom" in Ohio

[@benbrantley4806]

Agate Zaddy strikes again! 😎

[@AgateDad]

😂

[@dustinfindsrocks]

9:31 If you imagine the stromatolite fossils on a much larger reef structure scale that's EXACTLY how most of the lace agate druse quartz formed in Missouri. Unfortunately the stromatolite fossils were dolomite and are gone now but silica filled all the voids and you can see molds of the fossil stromatolite structures on the back of some of my druse quartz pieces. Kind of like a fossil of a fossil. Did I mention I like stromatolite fossils... LOL I'll be quiet now... Great video Taylor. I really enjoyed it. The Mary Ellen Jasper is amazing!!!

[@terrynaylor1729]

They are beautiful mate 👍👍👍👍

[@AgateDad]

Thanks Terry!

[@patriciakaufmann2229]

Love your program!!! Another group of beauties!!!

[@dustinfindsrocks]

Dude!!! 8:00 GORGEOUS!!! OMG! I NEED a piece for my collection!

[@AgateDad]

Rough or polished?

[@dustinfindsrocks]

@@AgateDad OMG either!!! I'm hoping to get some more tools in a month or so. I'm hopefully selling a LOT of rocks next weekend! I have enough LOL... Or do I? For real though I HAVE to get polishing pads or something soon because I'm swimming in agate here. 2022 is going to be a big year for me. Anyway rock on dude. Always enjoy your videos

[@mjoyparks]

That was fun to watch and see!

[@GoMidwestFishing]

I love seeing what's inside each rock. Some of them were just amazing!

[@debrabattenfield3848]

Beautiful!

[@jflo343]

Those close ups at the end are insane! This makes me want to cut open every rock I see 🤘

[@barbaralowe2738]

Lol me too

[@amyjones7962]

They kinda make me think of burl wood. Very beautiful. 😊

[@AgateDad]

That’s awesome!

[@clemhollingsworth9885]

Yep, dude, that was a pretty awesome surprise, not only because of the beauty of those pieces but also because, where I live, stromatolite reefs are found, nothing beach-tumbled such as the stuff you find in your area.

[@marygriffith6800]

Love your enthusiasm

[@AgateDad]

❤️

[@williammunnjr.5521]

So many gorgeous pieces!

[@AgateDad]

Thanks 🤘🤘

[@cynthiaguthrie8303]

I'm always fascinated by this stone. It's amazing to think that it was once one of the first life forms on the planet! One can hold the history of the planet in the palm of their hand by simply picking up a stone. Any stone!

[@joanrieser2580]

Just beautiful!! Amazing insides!!

[@natalieclark5819]

Gorgeous stuff!

[@kylaabegglen1275]

Very beautiful, all of them! I've never seen green Mary Ellen jasper before. So cool. Thanks for sharing Taylor!✌🤠

[@MNpicker]

Some amazing material 😃👌

[@AgateDad]

Thanks 🙏 🙌

[@deeanderson4440]

So beautiful. I'm addicted to your videos ☺️😅

[@AgateDad]

I’m glad you’re enjoying them! Many more to come

[@deeanderson4440]

@@AgateDad excellent 😁 I look forward to seeing them 😊 God bless

[@tashacano3324]

Woooow! That green is awesome. It's always so fun to see inside the rocks!

[@donnalantz7981]

That is beyond stunning. I love it all. It's so wild to see how each slice changes just slightly. Thanks for sharing.

[@AgateDad]

Thanks Donna!

[@ritadickson5356]

Stunningly beautiful pieces 😍😍😍

[@cowboyspencer]

The purple swirls looked a lot like histology slides. Utterly awesome.

[@aliencat11]

I really like these! And thanks for explaining what the fossils are. Take care.

[@justjulee9135]

I loved the beauty on the inside of these jaspers! I can't wait to see your display pieces polished up and of course the cabs you make!

[@danababcock2766]

Those are beautiful! Thanks for the close ups. I really loved the green one.

[@julietminsipido8176]

So beautiful

[@als8326]

Wow Interesting patterns

[@catherinewilliams3850]

Absolutely gorgeous rocks, the close ups are amazing

[@AgateDad]

Appreciate it!

[@hertzer2000]

I found some Barry Allen Jasper in NC...Love the vids.

[@artfx9]

Ah, perfect content for the 3am viewing.

[@MrJudder413]

Super cool stuff 😎

[@AgateDad]

🤘🤘 thanks

[@GREEKEXPLORERS]

Thank you for sharing!!

[@AgateDad]

Thanks for watching ❤️

[@glenn5903]

Crazy lace agates are my favorite.!

[@jonsdigs1]

Great material, Taylor. I have been where they outcrop. You will find they are magnetic.

[@KS-jm9uo]

So beautiful! I appreciate the educational content as well, Taylor.

[@AgateDad]

🙌

[@redhedhik-chik2510]

I live in Greenfield Ohio and found an agate on our property: they are super rare here! I instantly thought about you. Keep up the amazing work!

[@stonedpicker5627]

I need a saw. I have a bunch of jaspers that I’ve been collecting and I would love to see what is inside of them. I really love the inspiration on these videos. Thank you so much.

[@brianholcomb940]

So awesome! So much potential possibilities with them! Thanks for sharing!

[@janellebrooke69ify]

Absolutely stunning.. so beautiful!! I am a total nut for rocks...all kinds of rocks!! Someday I really hope to have a saw and polishing wheel!! I have so many rocks it's almost sickening cause I can't keep hauling them around with me!! LOL and I can just imagine what they'd look like if I were able to cut into them!! I hope to win one of your contest.. I would totally love a piece you found up in Lake Superior!!

[@kelleydavis1228]

Ooo, the swirl in the last cut on the 2nd stone looks like a 🌹. Hope you made a nice piece from it.

[@seashoremudlark3916]

Spent day at the shores of gloucester ma rock hunting beachcombing and mudlarking now having carbs and coffee and wachin agate dad yay luuuv the green and black spotty one

[@DamiensFandMadventures]

Amazing bro love that last one

[@AgateDad]

I’m glad!

[@patriciamckean4186]

Never saw green stromatolite before. Would make beautiful cabs.

[@alfaalfa9764]

Australia has a busy gem stone calendar for people if travel is your adventure of gemstones

[@dustinfindsrocks]

I love stromatolite fossils!!! Lots of the druse quartz I find formed in the cavities of fossil stromatolite. Our stromatolite fossils in Missouri aren't quite as pretty colors at least none I've found yet... Those are really beautiful. I hope you find at least 2 or 3 buckets full this summer. 👍

[@lindawiedemann5014]

Such beautiful stones! Thank you for your channel, have wanted to learn about our area rocks for a long time & LOVE to see what's inside so much! Thank you for showing us your treasures. Someday maybe I can get some cabs from you for wire wrapping!

[@obieobrien5883]

Wow!

[@chrissiejundt9867]

Marvelous as always

[@frankvera7419]

We have the same amazement reaction,😄 that's how you love what your doing bro... Godbless

[@AgateDad]

🙏❤️

[@beedee4466]

Just gorgeous. I think we have one of these at home about the size of a bowling ball, although about 3x as heavy. The swirls on the outside are so neat-you’ve now made me incredibly curious what’s on the inside. Thank you for your very inspiring videos!!

[@glennaw1547]

Very nice. The tiny fractures are part of the beauty of the stromatolite fossils If you were that old and tossed on the Michigan beaches you might show a few age related fractures also.

[@norasupernova]

Agate Dad cutting 3rd piece: Second half of piece: [tries to run away] PS omg 4th piece is 🔥!

[@rockhoundrony9905]

Ah, more than just red! Nice, thnx!

[@evangelineleialohaliliouka7625]

Love the purple i have some really cool pieces i yet to get a saw yet but I'm hoping soon because I'm running out of room to put all these stones 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@Badr_agate_kech]

Yes

[@donnadsmith853]

Beautiful!! I have some rocks from up there, whenever on a trip to Ely Minnesota. I'll look at them closer. It would be awesome to have some as nice as yours. Thank you for the info.

[@gregderksen1996]

man, that’s some amazing slabs! when you gonna get a big enough saw to take a chunk out of that big stromatolite you found last year? lol!

[@AgateDad]

I would love to cut it in half and then get two stands that fit together so they can roll together as it looks “whole” and then roll away and see inside

[@metalblack4697]

Very nice!

[@socalrockhound]

Cutting rocks open so much fun that red orange one my favorite . Now y’all defrosted yet to go hunting? It’s already getting to hot down in the desert.

[@AgateDad]

Haha I wish it was fully defrosted! Love your logo btw 👍👍🙌🤘🤘

[@1MMMlife]

I’m a new lapidarist and wondering how do you know which way to start cutting? Beautiful Jasper❤️

[@nikkihoo627]

Another awesome video! Hey, what brand/type blade do you have on your trim saw?

[@AgateDad]

Thanks ❤️ just the basic thin sintered from High Tech Diamond

[@jimmyhurley504]

Nice, i use a 7inch saw myself...you may get more life from your blades if you used mineral oil instead of water.. I use a a brick and tile blade but i cut far smaller stones.

[@vikasgoswami1929]

Nice

[@lydiaflatt9859]

Have you ever cut up conglomerates of Crinoids or stones with those in them? Just curious. Love your videos.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@CarolynMcPherson-r3z]

Wow! these are gorgeous and unique. And tell us, please: what defines Mary Ellen jasper?

[@aidairis2996]

BELÍSSIMAS PEDRAS...DEUS VOS ABENÇOE MUITO JOVEM

[@viriatofernandes6322]

I have many of some stones like that picture

[@rachelwilliams4423]

that black chunk u didnt like so much turn into galaxy cabs

[@angef9687]

Taylor, those are some absolutely stunning pieces!!! My favourite was definitely the last one! I can't wait to see some of the first specimens turned into cabochons. Question, is Mary-Ellen jasper unique to the US side of Lake Superior or would there be chances.of finding in on the Canadian side? I only ask because most of the Lake Superior Rock Identification books are based solely on what is found in the USA. Anyways, thank you for another great video. Wishing you a wonderful weekend!

[@jonsdigs1]

The Mesabi BIF (Banded Iron Formation) which hosts the stromatolites, runs to the Northeast until it is cut off by the Duluth Igneous Complex. Then it appears again in the Boundary Waters N.P. as the Gunflint Formation. This runs up through Thunder Bay and curves back into the lake. The material he is collecting at the North Shore comes from the Gunflint Formation to the north. I did a trip about six years ago and collected stromatolites from west of Biwabic clear up across the border to Thunder Bay.

[@barbaralowe2738]

I'd love to see what you make with them I love rocks

[@richardraymond5133]

Whats the hardness of those? They'd make good for sculpting

[@AliceinMineralLand]

I am still not sure how to ID stromatolites, do you have any tips?

[@AgateDad]

I should have shown the exterior more, next time I will. They just look like jasper but have a “swirl” pattern on them that makes them stand out

[@AliceinMineralLand]

@@AgateDad Gotcha. I would love a good look at the outside next time! Thank you :)

[@joemfk1]

I need a bigger saw!

[@AgateDad]

They are fun!

[@diannpowell1077]

How do you tell the difference between a plain rock and an agate? I always thought an agate had distinctive swirls.

[@mineralsoldcoinscoppersilv7627]

good

[@richardraymond5133]

Just subscribed. How are those formed?

[@leahsampsonkotera3169]

Are you able to cut a approximate 130 pound marry ellen jasper? We found one that's red,gold,black ,blueish green ,and white one I can't wait to see the inside of

[@AgateDad]

No I’m not

[@masterflickmusic8010]

got me alot

[@LauraNickolai-yb8id]

A lot of Mary Ellen jasper looks like someone spilled spaghetti sauce on the carpet.

[@meg2831]

How do you tell if a rock is jasper?

[@jdgorton1199]

Now I know where after seeing the inside where Van Gogh got his ideas,

[@ZyanZik]

Its dinos Poop! That make beautiful agates . Yess its true! ☺️Surprising That fresh chit become precious beautiful Stone after millions years. 💎👆🤗 We need to stop shit in water toilet for the future of gems in the world.😳😳🍫 😄

[@radwankodh695]

الحجر الثاني رائع

[@robertthomasjones9278]

Sorta like a Van Gogh

[@pamelamcculloch8240]

My table top