Cutting Premium Arizona Agates Open!

I cut open a bunch of Arizona agates and many of them ended up being premium agates with parallax banding! These agates were found by me on my trip to Arizona earilier this year and many of them are available on my Etsy store! Check out my store, saw, and polishing unit linked here: linktr.ee/AgateDad
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[@AgateDad]

All the polished agates shown at the end of the video are available on my Etsy store! All the equipment I used is also linked here linktr.ee/AgateDad

[@jayburkhart1781]

you should rename yourself The Quartz Splitter.

[@deballey5688]

Dude, I think you got goosebumps when you opened that while agate! 😀

[@platynowa]

What did you do with that elongated that produced two almost symmetrical pieces at 4:58? It would make nice, big earrings.

[@PL2-Coins]

Is the location open to the public?

[@bar6578]

Why am I addicted to agates now? I cant stop watching!!

[@bonniegrace6497]

Picked many beautiful rocks in AZ desert for several years. Amazing colors, arrowheads, lead shot balls, and a Herkimer diamond. Best time of my life.

[@aunti-maim1495]

I can definitely tell that you are from the Midwest, you're so polite even when you don't really like agates or rocks that aren't particularly agate like you say "oh well that's kind of a nice rock too but just not what I wanted but it's very nice"

[@AgateDad]

I usually can find beauty in most things, but that’s just being positive lol ❤️

[@elainelear4982]

When I hear ' Oh my gosh' I know it's going to be good.

[@AgateDad]

😂❤️

[@sandmaker]

Cut, cut, cut! Who doesn't like that. So many beautiful faces exposed. You did good and so did the Cab King.

[@deboraclancy8964]

I'm a newbie and so excited to have found you tonight !!! Growing up (60+ years ago, my dad did all of this. I still have a butterfly pin that he made my mother, made from gold stone ( I think that's what you call it...looks like glitter). We used to go to the rock quarries, climb up on top of the river rock piles and hunt for hours. My dad nicknamed me his Rock hound pebble puppy !!! Such wonderful memories !!! Thank you so much for sharing your craft !!! You found some real beauties !!!

[@darrinwilliams5715]

You weren’t lying when you said premium agate. Those were some killer agates!! This video was a pleasure to watch.😎😎

[@red12336]

I love agates I’m so glad I just found your channel. It’s so cool watching you. I can’t wait to show my husband he’s going to freak!

[@RodneyPike]

How cool! I never thought about agate in Arizona. I fly out Monday for my first rock hounding adventure there. Thanks for the video. Your channel rocks! 🪨

[@user-ez9py8ws1n]

Those white ones are so pretty that would make some pretty earrings and necklaces

[@kastah]

There was some beuties in there, even that most of them had`nt any colors. They looked so "clean" and was good for the eye to look at.

[@hopibethelbaptistchurchpas7767]

Neat. I haven't understood parallax banding till that small one. That was great. Some of those were fantastic.

[@joeljeffery8704]

Looks like a return trip to Arizona in the future. Fantastic cutting and polishing of those beautiful little gems. Thanks for sharing. Peace be with you and be safe.

[@user-ks8jz6ok9f]

So many beautiful agates! So many awesome videos on your channel. Thanks for sharing

[@_Its.Just.Felix_]

I still think you saved the best for last! of course, I really like the mossy sort of one's myself so all the colors and shapes in the last one was my fav!

[@joang.cavanna2046]

Everything was awesome! Love watching you cut - you're so excited. The polished agates were great. You so such great videos. Thank you.

[@janettetippetts7942]

I'm so glad you have so much fun with this hobby. I love watching your videos and seeing how beautiful each of them are. Thanks for sharing with us!

[@Cristina-vd7lg]

Love the video.... always enjoy when you do the cutting ❤

[@atricewarner5705]

I’m a crystal lover. I stumbled upon your content recently and oh wow. Also I’m visually impaired so THANK YOU for describing everything.

[@AgateDad]

You are so welcome!

[@maryespeland9627]

I love that you get so excited when youcut these stones open!

[@unseelie63]

Love love love it! So many pretties.I had not seen the parallax banding before,what a fabulous effect! Really enjoying these videos

[@jackfntwist]

I love how you call them egg-its. Lol.

[@donnaherzig8106]

I really liked the red mossy looking cuts, especially the ones that also had bands and small geodes. What an amazing day. TY for sharing 😊 PS lived the background music 🎶.

[@ForConscience]

You are doing an amazing thing here! I love it! Inspiring!

[@AgateDad]

Thank you so much!

[@Operocks]

Great cuts, great video! An 'out west' rockhounding trip is definitely on my bucket list!

[@dawnwilkinson8717]

Wonderful!! I loved the one that was a geode too. I admire from afar the amazing beauty you reveal in the rocks you cut and polish. I go to Etsy to see the end results but as tempted as I am and even if you posted to UK I could not environmentally justify posting a rock across an ocean - but I'm tempted. lol

[@barefootmystic1576]

I'm down here now collecting them❤ they are just beautiful! And such a surprise in every one!!

[@maryannkom299]

Polished slim slabs of these beautiful white agaited would make awesome Christmas ornaments

[@ravend5405]

Hey I just watched that video yesterday, Perfect timing! Definitely planning on a winter trip down south this year🎉❤

[@AgateDad]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@zowiewilliams1097]

Love your videos mate I just wanted to say 10:37 that owl is so ignorant lol it’s such a grate agate but the owls 🦉 to busy being nosy at whatever is behind him 😊can’t wais for the next video take care mate.

[@donnalantz7981]

Wow those were all so amazing. Love the white. And yes I know what it's like to have a golden retriever. I have a very large male. I miss him all the time.

[@SissyMchill1]

I remember when you came out here to Arizona. Loved watching you find some of these rocks. I believe mostly fire agates. Was it as Saddle Mountain that you found these beauties? Asking cause I struggle to find mountain agates. And go to saddle mountain very often. Just went today. It was amazing due to the rain we had. And many fire agates were ver visible. Thankfully they hadn’t been picked up. I love the rose pattern calcedony. But struggle to find just regular agates. You have some Very very pretty finds.

[@johnnynephrite6147]

I absolutley love this channel!

[@AgateDad]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@paulabrandt3922]

Phenomenal ! Agates and you!

[@amandajo1013]

I'll be heading to NM sometime in the next few oaths and I CANT WAIT to get some.agates from there!!

[@tracywalton9828]

The second batch you cut open, the one that you liked the most all white with the bands. I thought it looked like a key hole ❤

[@audraacklin9826]

Good morning agatedad.

[@AgateDad]

Morning!

[@karensartain]

You make me soooo nervous as you cut them….especially the really small ones…I so value my fingers, not sure I could do that 😆 And then you open them and ai can’t wait for you to cut the next one! 🤣🤣 Stay safe & cut on!

[@Naomi_Boyd]

15:24 Build a golem out of all of the bad rocks you've cut over the years and use those for the eyes.

[@maryfreitas6484]

Hello from Kingman, Arizona 🌵

[@weiner1414]

Love this!

[@minerjohnny41]

I've been waiting all day to sit and watch

[@meg2831]

Those all white ones are just so beautiful! Well I mean they all are but the white ones are a different level of beautiful. They just look so clean. Just different shades of white.

[@thomasnaas2813]

I see many comments expressing fear that lapidarists will cut themselves with their saws. The diamond saws they use don't actually cut like a regular saw, they abrade a narrow channel through the material. You can hurt yourself with them but the injury will be more like a burn than a cut and won't be very deep. Eye injury when you forget to put your safety glasses on is a bigger problem.

[@danielowens7282]

I love the "I'm a band man" quote - great stuff!

[@terrellbeasley6658]

Love the variety of agates you cut I've been able to identify a ton more agates now

[@AgateDad]

That’s awesome!

[@kellyhollingsworth6100]

That is a premium batch even the mossy stones are cool they have character all their own.

[@joanrieser2580]

Wow, some of those are gorgeous ❤❤

[@erinhudson4519]

The "pure white ones" at the end look like wings

[@theresaherrrera8224]

Oh wow to many to pick for my favorite....😮❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@lauratroxel24]

Those mossy ones look good for jewelry. They are unique

[@vtx2023]

great video as always, greetings to all rockhounds😎

[@marywrigjt7614]

I’m always amazed different regions of the earth produce different shapes. 👍👍❤️

[@goupigoupi6953]

You know the guy really loves stones when each of them is "oh my gosh, that's so cool... that is sweet, soo preeetty".

[@AgateDad]

I sure do love agates ❤️

[@debidevaney8398]

Good morning!🥹

[@AgateDad]

Morning!

[@YeshuaT-bm6ss]

The agate on time line 3M56S looks like a Seahorse great video I'm interested in finding some I don't really know what to look for but I guess I will find out thank you for the great video

[@nitawynn9538]

I think the last one is really pretty, but my standards are probably lower than yours! 😁

[@MarionJ67]

That blue chalcedony agate. Found lots . I'm in AZ. Lots of it here in AX

[@janehelbert7551]

Your second favorite is my favorite!

[@user-jx9qv5in9l]

The white ones are amazing it's hard to see them but once you polish them it was easier.

[@dianetapper2900]

I didn’t know there were agates in the AZ desert! I’m in MN in the summer (on a lake) and AZ in the winter. I’ve been a rock hound I think since I started walking, always had a sunburned neck in the summer walking the shores looking for agates. Where in the desert do you look and what are you looking for? Do,you dig for them or just find them in the top of the ground? I know what a MN agate looks like but I’m not familiar with the ones in AZ. Help! I love watching your videos, especially when you get so excited when you open them! Love it!

[@grandparocky]

Love my Golden!

[@deniseview4253]

Best for last is beautiful ❤

[@PatriciaMaroney]

Wow. I think that last one is so interesting and unusual. So I guess it's just all personal taste.

[@kendramanuel1276]

Wonderful video 👍👍 Very beautiful Arizona stones

[@AgateDad]

Thank you very much!

[@jayburkhart1781]

morning sir. time for eye candy

[@janehelbert7551]

I wouldn't have recognized those rocks as agates!

[@dawnminard218]

Agate Dad I'm just watching some of your replies. That white one with the bands It is shaved like a seahorse.😊

[@lynnrandal317]

Also have an amazing Thanksgiving 😊

[@sherrybriggs5459]

Beautiful

[@bryttani113]

I love the little one that looks like an ice cream cone! Is it available for purchase? I'm fairly obsessed! 😍

[@lorrieanneswan6509]

I like his reaction because I would react the same way with my voice, of course......😊

[@beckyandrew53]

The kast cut held horizontally looked like a landscape with a tree on the left.

[@mikeymcfly1985]

Looks like 4th of July Butte Agates? Nice vid!

[@josealfonsofiguertroyo2816]

You put that in tumbler With grinder silicuo carbide and the put tin Oxide and they polished teal good I ben working for 30 uears ago.snd no more .in Costa Rica we .have a beatifully bsnd Agate

[@johnnygary5666]

Great cuts, those are rocks from my area, I have lots of rocks and so that look like agates, but I can’t cut them open for see what’s inside them. I didn’t think they would look like that inside. Hopefully one day I will cut them

[@troyverzani9836]

Just wait till your next trip! Lol big geodes....

[@AgateDad]

Heck yeah boss!!!!

[@shelljw]

These are so pretty, I love collecting rocks, they amaze me and what's inside always fascinated me. I've always wanted a cutting wheel,, but seeing as my support workers won't let me use a knifes - even a butter knife on a super shaky day is a NO go. I adore that little geode that was at 8.53 I don't know why but that one's just grabbed my attention Anything with blues, purples, pink hues get me too. I love the last one. It's like an ink blot! I'm going to see the Etsy store. How old do you think those are? As in how long to form? THANKYOU so much for the video and your effort!

[@dustinfindsrocks]

That shadow banding though! Wow! Yeah it's been a minute glad you cut these. Who knew?!

[@AgateDad]

It’s been a while lol

[@wendydurrant7691]

I love your videos! May i ask why the bands are so important.

[@aunti-maim1495]

some of the tiny agates would make great earrings or cufflinks if you slab them

[@lynnrandal317]

I'm amazed by all the unique premium Arizona agates and I have not been able to find any agates except fire agates and Chalcedony 😅

[@suje8032]

Anybody else terrified he’ll cut his fingers off

[@justinjacobsvacs]

😂It's a lapidary saw. It will not cut flesh unless you sit there and hold your finger on it for an extended period of time.

[@shelleycovey8437]

Every time I watch, I worry about his fingers!

[@dromomaniac8318]

Me too!

[@sallyannchappell5671]

Why is this on several episodes of Agate Dad? Hopefully this answers the question.

[@SharonBendtsen]

No because that type of saw does NOT have teeth. He has demonstrated that before

[@rockit62]

Have you looked at them under black light? If not, you might find some amazing colors.

[@Melissa-tw2gp]

The ones at 2:43 look like vanilla ice cream cones!

[@donnaboyle669]

Exquisite agates, will go to Etsy. Hopefully I can purchase

[@AgateDad]

Appreciate the thought!

[@gabiilleslajosne363]

Nagyon szép fehér ❤

[@mumo9413]

Please don't get to commercial with "correct" cuts! SO many clients will go with the energy, power & spirituality of the stones. Whatever applies to them, their situations, clients etc. Love that you trust your gut...yeah! Follow that feeling! Boom!

[@girlnextdoor369]

AWESOME!!! I am a total rookie....how would one know those are agates by looking at the outside? I would be oblivious to these being agates....

[@simadey8092]

I love your Video ❤

[@cakesbywen]

Whereabouts in AZ? Next time I go home I would love to try!!!

[@-hw-]

very pretty

[@gothcheese]

I was wondering what part of AZ you found these in? I live in AZ and would LOVE to go agate hunting and find some agates like these.

[@shelleygiesbrecht4759]

5:06 is my favourite

[@FindingPebbles]

Nice 😀

[@jpexoticpets146]

At 4 min 27 seconds in, can you explain the different types of rock that are part of the agate? Is it jasper?

[@janehelbert7551]

The one at 12:59 was cool!

[@andersonferreiradasilva2692]

Só peças topi!!!! Vai dar lindos Cabochoes!!!!❤❤❤❤

[@elizabethlewis3509]

The little would make great earrings.