I Cut Open 7 Geodes to See What's Inside

I am so surprised by what we find in these geodes! At no point was it at all what I expected! Enjoy as we cut open these geodes from all around the world including Cold Mountain, Trancas, and some standard geodes.
What should I cut open next?! Let me know in the comments!
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Happy Hounding!

[@hn454]

I have zero interest in rocks and geodes, but KZbin recommended your channel to me and I haven't stopped watching you since. Your excitement and attitude is so infectious and reminds me of the old days of youtube where everyone was just on here to have fun and share what they love. Thank you for the videos.

[@vtx2023]

now go out and search for rocks

[@AgateAriel]

Wow thank you so much! This is probably one of the nicest comments I’ve received! 🥹

[@AgateAriel]

Rocks are the best!!

[@expectamiracle.406]

❤

[@kateapple1]

YOURE A BOT 😂 YOU CANT WATCH HER BC YOURE A BOTTTTTTT

[@raiseofhopegarden271]

Some of them look like thunder eggs. I like the last geode. Very pretty and unique.

[@AgateAriel]

Maybe that’s what they are lol! I thought they were geodes 😅

[@raiseofhopegarden271]

@@AgateAriel they do look the same from the outside 😂

[@Anthocyanina]

ooo, that last one was so cool. i've never seen those spaghetti-esque crystals!

[@AgateAriel]

Right me either!

[@susanr.1096]

I'd take a thin slice off to see. Sliced are pretty too.

[@patriciamckean4186]

Thundereggs....usually have full centers with chalcedony. Yours appear to be jasper. The last one may have a pocket, can you see crystals?

[@ArleneIaconelli-b7b]

Well, everyone has already said below what I was thinking AWESOME videos! Love your quirky joy/love for ALL things rock!

[@hevalees9089]

I think you've got some Cold mountain thunder eggs x

[@Myria83]

7:42 That actually looks cool!

[@ljt81194]

You could always use them as a Rorschach tests for geologists and all other rock hounds😂

[@klairesprengel9335]

Those last two r sooo cool xx i wold just face polish them xx you would be so devistated if you cut again and it broke xx nice job x

[@AgateAriel]

I know right! It’s such a tough call!

[@younkm1]

Being new to the "rock-thing" when I look up the description of a geode, I found that it must have a cavity on the inside with pretty stuff much different than the outside. I'm thinking that you can't really call it a geode until you crack it open and see what's inside. It almost seems like a scam. The ones without the pocket of fun inside are really something else??? Thank you for opening my eyes to a super neat part of what the earth gives us! Makes me want to go to my nearest home Depot and look at all the rocks in the parking lot!

[@ericb9954]

you should try your ultraviolet light on them

[@LostGirlJessie]

The next to last one looked like a werewolf inside it!

[@moattarraana67]

I wonder how could be a rock so pretty

[@AgateAriel]

Right?!

[@skantman]

I would just take a slab off that one to open up the cavity. The slab would be great polished or you could make cabs. Don't sleep on the little clear one, see a lot of shadows there, a mirror polish will give it a lot of depth I bet.

[@kirbytrooper]

Cabs?

[@skantman]

@@kirbytrooper Cabochons, old style gems. It's a thing you come to when you start wondering what to do with all those cool rocks :)

[@misspurpleblonde]

I believe they are thunder eggs, agate dad does them often ❤

[@RyanWeishalla]

A a couple of the did Nat Geos, you might experiment with trying to dissolve part of the interior with muriatic acid. I’ve seen a couple videos on it. Need to be careful with it though to protect yourself. I’m going to try on some Southern Indiana geodes I got off of Marketplace sometime. A couple were really nice even if not what you were expecting. It would be easier to cut a thin slab off of that last one with a vise and guide so you could see if you could flat polish the thin piece as well.

[@AgateAriel]

I definitely do need to get a vice! And I might try the muric acid!

[@RyanWeishalla]

@@AgateAriel I picked up some acid this morning, but the local store has some only had one with some additives to make it safer, so we’ll see if it works.

[@krisgalusha9820]

Have you ever tumbled a small geode? I thought geodes had pockets in the and filled were called something else with which name eludes me for now. However I could be totally wrong. Nice cuts.

[@AgateAriel]

I’ve never tumbled one, no! Yes usually druzy quartz is inside!

[@ladybeavanerdventures]

cracking and chipping seems to be pretty common so don't feel too dishearten on your 1st one watched other "geode cutters" dont think thats the right wording 😅 but yeah they always seem to crack or chip off a lil

[@chloemarie7069]

This is the second channel I’ve subscribed to that shares this content and I’m wondering why the blade has to be wet to cut the geodes and agates? I used to be so into this type of stuff when I was a little kid yet all the info I learned is just gone from my brain.

[@bobbybryant1239]

How do you use the super polishing gel???...do you put water in it???...

[@carolehayden8566]

Love the last one with the little fossils! So cute and mysterious.

[@Death_TG]

1:56 looks like a smoked liver same as the 5:18 and the others just look cool

[@CenturyOnPaws]

question- what tumbler do you recommend from amazon on a shiny/best result scale?

[@Blueaglefly]

Without the hole in it it’s a thunder egg instead of a geode Edit: I think though I might be wrong

[@Shhhiippp]

The one geo looked like an alien head

[@matthewday7565]

Second from last, I see a fish

[@a.k.3659]

01:15 You really don't mind loosing a finger or two

[@eugenehatin.420]

That first one looks like a brain lol

[@stevepray6278]

What is Your favorite saw blade ?? 🤔 Thank Ya !!

[@tracybowling1156]

I would Dremel it and see what happens.

[@AgateAriel]

I might have to try! I can’t decide between dremel and slabbing it again

[@rebeccamyott7041]

Ariel, you sound just like your husband cute!

[@carlbailey-hh5ln]

Cut a slab off

[@emmalouie1663]

Okay neat but personality kinda fake like a fake opal.

[@timeout8057]

So cheesy and annoying, I can’t anymore with you

[@Hythyr]

These all look like what I know as thunder eggs. Geodes should be empty in the middle, with crystals on the walls. The last one looks the most like a geode to me. They’re all gorgeous of course! Rocks! 😍

[@AgateAriel]

I think you are right! Definitely not what I was expecting but they were fun to cut open!

[@Hythyr]

@@AgateAriel it is fun! You never really know what you’ll get!

[@Mad4saxBrewery]

I would take a another small thin slice off that one. Open up the pocket.

[@AgateAriel]

Okay I might have to do that!

[@cynthiagenone3436]

I agree with them. Just take a thin slice off. I don't think you'd hurt it doing a thin slice.

[@sharizentz]

Aren’t you supposed to crack open geodes instead of cutting them?

[@chezannelavieendouceur]

@@cynthiagenone3436 especially like now it looks like a mythical being with a shield, just taking out a slice on the side would preserve that :)

[@Olive-cx2jw]

@@sharizentz Not particularly, why would there be a rule for that? :)

[@karenwilladsen8760]

Agate Dad might be able to help you identify what you have. He's fun to watch as well. I loved the last one. That was my favorite.

[@AgateAriel]

Agate Dad is awesome! I might have to ask him 😊

[@iolitelight]

I absolutely love how the potential of each rock brings you joy. I wish all of us could live like this, where each day holds hope and happiness.

[@AgateAriel]

Thank you so much! All about a positive outlook! 😊

[@annaleggans9891]

The ones you called cold maintain geodes are thundereggs..and there beautiful.. the small ones where soild geodes.. I just found your page the other day and so far I'm loving it.. thanks😊

[@davidgiesfeldt6650]

Cut a 1/8” slice off to expose the geode cavity. Great work.

[@AgateAriel]

I might do that!

[@sarac2609]

In my opinion, the holes are an invitation! Go on, go in!

[@AgateAriel]

Ohhhh I might just have to!

[@woodenplanck182]

50 yo Rockhound...before ya take more layers off , use a real bright pen light and a macro lens for a look. Should make, at the very least, spectacular glows thru crystals

[@cynthiagenone3436]

Seems like you got ripped off 😢

[@AgateAriel]

The last two were pretty but I don’t think they were all really geodes

[@edwardmbennett]

I totally just bought one of the cloud trances halves. I am SUPER stoked to see it when it arrives!!!

[@TheManderfaye]

Last two were really beautiful!

[@AgateAriel]

I think so too!

[@cynthiagenone3436]

Ok the first one was NOT a geode. It was infact a jasper. So whomever sold it to you was mistaken and I would definitely contact them. **Edit** the 3rd one looks like a Thunderegg.

[@AgateAriel]

Hmmm good to know! Thank you!

[@okamijubei]

​@@AgateArielI think you can split them and have them tumbled and turn them into gemstone jewelry.

[@skantman]

I would just take a slab off that one to open up the cavity. The slab would be great polished or you could make cabs. Don't sleep on the little clear one, see a lot of shadows there, a mirror polish will give it a lot of depth I bet.

[@AgateAriel]

Thank you for the ideas! I know I just might cut the other one some more!

[@stumbling]

Kind of concerned for your thumbs near that blade!

[@AgateAriel]

It’s a grinding blade, so you can actually touch it (quickly) without getting injured!

[@ThetaGrace]

Not geodes. You're right! Pockets

[@poquenfaller3]

Geode? Geometry dash geode?

[@jefftrag1956]

check rock/geodes for cracks beforehand and put super glue in the cracks. Us ea super glue accelerator.

[@AgateAriel]

Oh I’ve never thought of that! Good idea!

[@anthonyiocca5683]

True unrehearsed excitement.

[@vtx2023]

pretty stones, even though some of them werent geodes 😊

[@AgateAriel]

Right! I think some were thunder eggs 🤔

[@vtx2023]

imo, yes

[@joanng5204]

Don't carve it with a Dremel. Take slices if you feel the need to try to expose pockets.

[@BiraneMoore]

I don’t know much about rocks but you give me second hand excitement. I’ve enjoyed learning here ❤

[@Ashleigh83]

The second to the last one. Looks like a werewolf. And the other side looks like a bear those are my favorite ones

[@AgateAriel]

Haha you are totally right!

[@MelanieFoley-t9y]

I just found you and I love you!!! I paint rocks and I love rocks. You are showing me a different world of rocks!!! I love how excited and cute you are when revealing your cuts!!! Amazing channel!!! Thank you! ❤❤❤

[@davarrashayde]

So geode stones that are basically solid on the inside are considered "duds" the more solid it is the more of a dud it is. For a geode that's a "nice piece" or a "good specimen" you're looking for the ones that look like cave walls covered in crystalline formations. Solid geodes though yes are pretty they are still a dud. That's the way i learned about them anyway. Other people may have other things to say about it, but it is what i was taught about them.

[@AgateAriel]

That’s good to know! Yes I don’t know much about geodes but at least some were pretty cool!

[@Timeforstones]

Beautiful geodes ❤👍👍

[@AgateAriel]

Agreed!

[@sandmaker]

I'm happy you finally got a agate and it was so unusual. I always say cut, cut, cut so don't ask me. I think they were all beautiful in there own way.😊 😷⚒

[@AgateAriel]

I agree!

[@EdwardSaxophonehands]

That's wild, the position of the cut on the last one makes it look just like a little mini cave. I could see a miniaturist doing a "Honey, I Shrunk the Spelunkers" scene inside with bitty little LED spotlights. Need the tiniest of periscopes to peer inside. They really do look like their own little worlds. I was thinking about that during the marble video not too long ago since it popped up while I was going down the wiki rabbit hole of all the different moons in the solar system. All these celestial bodies really are some mineral marbles being continuously polished. Even the exteriors of the geodes look like some of those smaller moons and asteroids floating out there. Imagine some surprises inside those too. Now you got me thinking about a floating terrarium-like hollow asteroid that has just enough of everything inside of it and just enough transparency to let some light in for a small ecosystem.

[@LadyPantera57]

10:37 You should get a little camera, like the ones for looking in ears, and look inside the the little caves.

[@kaikai52720]

I love your personality. You’re like an awesome mom and teacher wrapped into one and you get so genuinely excited about rocks. I love it.

[@ResonanceZ]

That was a fun set! The last one looks so alien! It was like the geode had tentacles 😅

[@AgateAriel]

Doesn’t it! I was really surprised!

[@angelerolon4019]

Cut it now. It’s gonna be amazing you need to see it or else. I am very very excited but do you don’t wanna open it🎉🎉😮😅😅😅😮😅

[@maybeebuzzy2265]

Hi Ariel. I've been subscribed for months and still don't get notifications. Click bell, click "all"... still I have to hunt or wait for yt to suggest. What am I doing wrong? Your vids are fantastic and worth hunting for, but I just dunno coz all my other faves appear in notifications.

[@nightmelody777hiatus2]

7:38 looks like a werewolf :o

[@brendaowens2466]

The NATHIONAL GEOGRAPHIC one was pretty.

[@ChrisF_1982]

I usually find it helps to shake the geode to see if anything is possibly trapped inside. Commonly there is, so it helps to listen.

[@Munkee907]

These were pretty cool. Those hollow ones I'd put tiny SMD LED lights in and make them lamps 😮

[@Divanhell]

How does that saw not hurt your fingers? I read on a different video that it didn't, but it looks so scary 😅 I know about using water and all, but that rotating part? Does it really not hurt if you accidentally get a little too close?

[@ChrisF_1982]

You just got a solid geode on the firsts one, and that would be my preference the way you cut it. It looked cool.

[@happy_bubble7]

Ive watched several and Im curious... how do you prevent cutting your fingers? It's the only thing makin me nervous here.

[@DeanG55]

I, too, had no interest in geodes and other fascinating rock stuff. I found Ariel and she puts the word agate in Agate Ariel!! LOL

[@ashishkushwaha3812]

What about just grinding off the top layer on unleash the beauty inside ?

[@Matcha649]

those are some beautiful geodes

[@AgateAriel]

I think so too!

[@Ellwynnnnn]

Obsessed with watching you crack rocks! Can I use them as inspo for art?

[@emlovesagates]

I had a similar issue when I cut my agatized coral and I ended up taking a thin slice off to reveal the pocket. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIeTgImndr2faNEsi=W9drVgk3kVtgUc9V

[@AgateAriel]

Oh I’ll have to check it out! Thank you!

[@alannakennedy8756]

There someone that does that and they get beautiful ones but it’s not these kind of ones

[@chorton53]

The first one looks like a pair of kidneys from a giant. 😂

[@ericwaltner6909]

Are we not going to talk about how close her. Fingers are to the saw😂😮😅❤😊🎉

[@TamaNegi-el9yd]

the one with the white insides remind me of lemon candies

[@cedrik5438]

Don't ever forget guys; you are not 'cool' or even 'funny' when you're on cocaine!

[@shannonfyffe1267]

those are thundereggs with geode pockets, not true geodes.

[@MsJessProductions]

I love your channel! I look for rocks everywhere I go. I had no idea my obsession was kinda normal lol 😂

[@AgateAriel]

Right!! I wanted to start a channel for that exact reason, show that this is a really cool hobby!

[@donnacanada522]

What blades do you use on your trim saw?

[@tomkeffer9861]

The green one looks like a skull inside.

[@brendavanderveen3135]

The 3rd geode the right side looked like eyes and nose.

[@denisedecrane6829]

Where is the best place to get goes????

[@ricky.888]

10:15 what if you cut a third piece so you had two almost-halves and a slab?

[@AgateAriel]

I think I might!

[@philwachocki7958]

Slice about 1/4 to 3/8 in off You keep the bridge and open thecavity

[@AgateAriel]

That’s a great idea!

[@alishapistorius8108]

The last one looks like a sleeping dog ❤

[@malagastehlaate9923]

I would probably dremel it... I don't know... it would be so tempting... but then I have one of those camera scopes... so I would probably look inside it first with that ... and then decide. Is that cheating?

[@AgateAriel]

No that’s awesome! A great way to look inside! Haha

[@CacklingChick]

7:37 Looks like a thunderegg with small geode pocket. It also looks like a brecciated agate! They're ALL gorgeous!! SLAB ON!! 😁👍🏻🪨⛏️

[@AgateAriel]

Thank you!! It’s always so fun to cut them open and see what’s inside!

[@3rt453]

At first glance, the pattern inside looked like a werewolf with one arm.

[@Sriracha_cha]

I looks like a liver or lungs haha

[@housemana]

your glasses are cute

[@eupiublacky3894]

Cut a thin slice of it

[@username46100]

These are fun!

[@reneeslovely]

cut it in slabs

[@ruhsexperimentsgliesperimentid]

Bastava che tagliassi qualche millimetro p iù a sinistra e non avresti mai scoperto quella fantastica tasca nell'ultimo geode.