Friday the 13th Gila Bend Mountain Range Desert Arizona Rock Hunting Trip Part 8 of 10

Part 8 of 10
Me and my puppy got up early at 4:30am Friday morning, loaded the truck and headed out to the desert in the Gila Bend Mountain range just outside of Phoenix, Arizona. When we arrived at the collection site the sun was just coming up and it was 63 degrees. We hiked the immediate area picking up interesting rocks and when my bucket got full and we made it back to the truck at around 10am, it was 95 degrees already. We ate lunch, packed up the truck and headed back with about 20-25 pounds of miscellaneous rocks! I'm going to split the videos up and play them over the next few days, please enjoy!
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[@TaneKarnes]

Morning Morning🌞

[@GemCabochons]

Morning!

[@ashleydp91]

My goodness! Those last 2 cuts! 😮

[@GemCabochons]

Last 2 were definitely my favorites as well.

[@starrysky244]

I thought u were gonna show me how u cut 'em in half... like what machinery u used/ technique etc

[@GemCabochons]

I am currently using a 10" and a 6" (for really small stones) lapidary saw for cutting these nodules in half for these videos. I use mineral oil as a coolant for cutting (keeps surface of stone from getting heat fractures) and a hood over the saw with cut outs for your hands to hold/push the stones through the blade. Because of this there is really nothing to see and I would risk getting mineral oil on my camera/lenses which is no good. Until I get a bigger shop setup where I can position the equipment better for video recording, I will skip recording the actual cutting. Hopefully in the future this changes!

[@BigBenzBizarreBazaar]

I like this one! At 5:05!

[@GemCabochons]

Definitely a nice plume/moss agate, just a bit of pitting on the bottom.