I Cut Open Random Rocks to See What's Inside

[@AgateAriel]

Update: The rocks are up NOW on my Etsy! Here is the link: agateariel.etsy.com they usually go pretty fast!💨

[@lescrawford3341]

I just discovered your channel...it's great

[@dreamweaver3095]

@@lescrawford3341 - same here!

[@carlitoshoued7400]

Hi I'm new to your channel and I'm loving it. I bought the National Geographic geode kit and after cracking one I sold the rest for a profit unopened. Keep it up love your videos

[@Quickbite2]

What is the machine you use to cut the rocks and can you explain it to us and maybe tell us what it is or link us a video if you have one already or where to get it it's really cool

[@phill3727]

Looks like opal

[@raorrick1580]

I am so glad there’s another person on the planet who wants to know what’s inside of random rocks the way I do. Thank you for showing me.

[@kory5179]

Paleocris focuses more on fossil hunting but his rock cutting videos are aweeeesome. Hasn't done one in a while but worth checking out. Their personalities are so funny and uplifting.

[@michelestellar7725]

You can buy a tile saw with a diamond blade, not terrifically expensive and have a great time

[@lyndsaymanning4345]

Meeee toooo!!

[@lyndsaymanning4345]

@@michelestellar7725 this is the greatest and soo funnn!

[@Maristasia]

When I was in 3rd grade, we stole a pavement block and used it to crush quartz pebbles to get to the shiny part... so yep, this video speaks to me.

[@tia-rex]

For some reason this was on my home page so I decided to give it a go as I was bored. Here I am now, smiling at a lady cutting open rocks. I never knew they could be so pretty on the inside! Your energy is brilliant and the way you talk about the rocks is so heartwarming. You have just got yourself a new subscriber!😊

[@kyliemckenzie5841]

Came to say very similar... but you said it best. 😊 Another new subscriber. ❤

[@Louisemcguire]

Same

[@AnkaaraEnor]

Same! Never knew someone could love rocks so much lol

[@pkdeemas9760]

Same 😊

[@wreckswrecked]

Same here. Perfectly stated. I agree with every word.

[@lepterfirefall]

The closeness of your fingers to that saw terrifies me. EDIT...I appreciate all the responses to my comment. I understand now the blade is harmless to skin.

[@haelz1367]

Me too. Should there be a guard or wear gloves?

[@keelyschaecher4029]

Pretty sure it's not a normal saw so it's safer for your hands. I've seen some like that. Like the ones they use for a cast

[@khlare.likes2playrblx]

⁠@@keelyschaecher4029yess they only go back and forth, and they only cut through very solid objets, so your hands are to ‘soft’ for it 😊

[@KPMOgre]

Continuous edge diamond blades won't cut you, but they will grind your fingernails down. Someday I plan on upgrading to an actual lapidary saw but for now, I just use a tile saw.

[@joecontreras5068]

I really wanted to watch but I really don’t want to see what’s inside a finger

[@TurnedandTuned]

Just so you know, when you cut a rock with dendrites, they will only be fully visible if cut from the right angle. If you had cut that second rock in parallel with the bottom it probably would have had dendrites similar to what was visible on the bottom throughout. Also, that black you could see is evidence that there are dendrites from fossil bacteria within, but the angle was off. Loved the video, thanks for sharing it!

[@veggiemonkie5041]

thats what i was thinking!

[@nthomas87]

Dendrites are not fossils. They are manganese crystal structures.

[@turtle_1229]

Or iron oxide ​@@nthomas87

[@patchoulidrop]

Same with the first stone with the vein

[@mary-ruthflores4107]

Would love to see that one sub cut

[@brooos]

In addition to the "cheese" rock, I thought one of the others looked like a baked potato. You've got the start of a meal.

[@AgateAriel]

Hahah perfect-now I just need a turkey rock 🤔😆

[@robertjohnson5112]

13:09 13:09 13:09

[@naliniseepersad2347]

I found a rock on the beach that looked like a sandwich aswell lol

[@kathleennorton2228]

Were you hungry when you were watching this? I see what you mean, though!

[@B_27]

For those wanting an actual definition, dendrites are branching patterns of manganese oxide which have crystalised in unique formations.

[@HunterLvyiXIII]

Woah, thanks!

[@dieSchreckschraube]

Thanks for posting this. I was so annoyed when she called them fossils, because that's just false.

[@blueprairiedog]

Thanks!

[@cmataira]

Enjoyed this! I would love to cut my rocks but don’t have that type of stone band saw.

[@madelyn5376]

I get so excited watching people cut open rocks I'm considering buying a saw of my own🤔 Thanks for inspiring another woman,💖

[@AgateAriel]

You definitely should! It’s so much fun!

[@scholbe]

Same. It feels like Christmas watching these. 💚

[@msmarigold4647]

same, I'm taking mine to the art center they have wet saws there but I want more tools besides tumbler

[@nikkilovesrocks]

I have way too many rocks & I HAVE TO GET A WET SAW! Some might be beautiful & some not.. cutting to see is just so exciting!!! It justifies having pockets full of rocks when you can show them off like this video! Love this! Let's Go Girls💪

[@kentneumann5209]

I think it's a tile saw. Diamond blades. Water sits in a tray under the blade so it continually spins through it and cools/lubricates it. Reminds me of a table saw for cutting wood. Cept its for tile. Way cheaper than a regular lapidary saw. See how at the end of each cut, it breaks the last little bit of stone out rather than cut it cleanly.

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

It's cool exposing these rocks' insides to light for the first time ever. You are seeing something that no one has seen before since their creation millions of years ago.

[@theoldways1549]

Even though most of the rocks weren't "special looking" I still find them beautiful. They would make very nice settings for jewelry.

[@FahmeeRadman-zp3hm]

بالرغم من أنني لا أفهم أي كلمة بسبب اللغة ،ولاكن أحببت الأحجار بسبب أسلوبك في تقديم هذا المحتوى

[@red_dll]

This video is definitely one of these "randomly recommended n the middle of the night" experiences for me and I love it. I did not expect to watch someone cutting rocks and finding out the whole channel is about rocks. Pretty solid.

[@JERRYUno-j4c]

Tonight

[@pinkeye6803]

I love discovering channels like these. Just little niche channels in the corners of youtube. So wholesome.

[@doclewis8927]

I'm showing my rockhound elderly father your channel on Sunday (tomorrow). He'll get a kick out of you cutting rocks open and being so excited. Thank you for sharing your channel. I hope it brings a smile to his face. I'll try to remember to give an edit note about him.

[@paulbartholomew8697]

I just love your happy enthusiasm for such a simple pleasure. You rock!

[@MegsyIsMe]

when you held the oreo and cream rock together, it actually looked like a BUTTERFLY!!!!! 🦋🦋🦋🤩🤩

[@babykarrot7721]

That was my first thought to ! Definitely looks like a butterfly

[@pearldiy]

It would look so cool to have a garden path made with rocks cut in half like that. So you see what is inside them all. And they would look totally different when it rained!

[@teddyyeti]

That’s an awesome idea!

[@suzscully]

I loved the one that looked like bread! Yay!!!

[@AgateAriel]

Haha right! I have no idea why, but I really did too 🤣

[@_JustJoe]

It's like a fancy moldy cheese!

[@ulrikesextro4187]

That cheese break was cute.

[@BuffyCleaveland]

I said bread too!

[@halroxdynasty8683]

This is the KZbin content we want and need 😂❤

[@elissa6250]

The cheese looking rock looks like it could be part of the food rock table collection. I absolutely love it such a cool find.

[@AgateAriel]

Oh my gosh you are so right!

[@JazBrownie]

A lot of people say that collecting rocks is 'boring' or 'weird' but i think it's really interesting and as a person who collects rocks myself i always wondered what could be inside them

[@annettebromley9217]

The last one looks like blue cheese. So cool. I think they are cool in their own way.

[@AgateAriel]

Right! I agree!

[@BilICiph3r]

Agree

[@cryssr]

Turns out I like watching rocks get cut open lol who knew. Pretty cool stuff ❤🇨🇦

[@debraharris5643]

I recently threw away some gouda cheese slices that looked like that rock. Amazing how an unassuming rock can pack such a punch. Love your energy and enthusiasm. Keep up the great content.

[@AgateAriel]

Haha right! I really liked that last one 😂

[@Psim-nl8gg]

You give off an incredible elementary school science teacher vibe :)

[@sarinasuleman8320]

Ikr 😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤

[@saundraschaefer]

I love how enthused you always are. It's contagious! Also, the cheese rock makes me happy!

[@AgateAriel]

Hahaha me too!

[@shellieschulze5308]

Thank you so much. I am mind blown about the hundreds of thousands of years they have patiently waited to be opened by someone that would be so excited to see inside. Thank you tons for sharing this with me. I am So0o0o0o drawn to stones and rocks it almost hurts!

[@RebeckaMcIver]

My daughter is 6 and she loves your videos! Thank you for sharing your love of rocks. Her favorite was the toast rock.❤

[@karenboyd6293]

This was fun to watch. When I have taught sewing my students got very tense with fear I was going to sew into my finger...... Watching you with your fingers so close to the saw blade helped me understand them. I really loved most of them. Makes me want to go rock hunting.

[@cynthiaswain4070]

Most of them are really cool.

[@AgateAriel]

Right! I was pretty impressed!

[@racheldillinger6881]

Ive never met someone as craxy about rocks like me, just found your channel absolute love them all sooo cool.😊

[@Ann-snowshoeingonEnceladus]

Even the more plain ones are gorgeous! I would love a countertop made of any of them, but especially the ones at 6:20, and 8:30. So beautiful, thank you Ariel!

[@AgateAriel]

Of course! Glad you liked it!

[@Hesijen]

4:55 IT LOOKS LIKE A BUTTERFLY OMG SO PRETTY

[@Kotikylänkivet]

Random rocks rules 😊👍 i also just started cutting rocks with tile saw. So intresting see whats inside of rocks 😊

[@AgateAriel]

Right!! It’s addicting lol

[@jackieviolet3375]

'Life is like a box of rocks,you never know what your going to get!!' lol Love your Channel!!

[@prof-quack]

All this makes me want to spend a whole vacation just learning how to rockhound! Also, loved the lightning agates!

[@pleegjepleegje]

Just go out for a hike and pick up what caches your eye.

[@AgateAriel]

You should! Rockhounding is so fun!!

[@AgateAriel]

That’s exactly how I started!

[@zora8263]

i don't even know why or how i'm here watching stones being cut open but i watched the entire thing it was so fun

[@karleybioanthro]

The thunder rocks, the agates and the cheesey bread rock were cool!

[@AgateAriel]

Agreed!

[@wanna_be_goth1030]

Your joy is so contagious! I just find your channel and adore your content. I’ve always collected crystals and enjoyed rocks, lovely to see your joy with them too!

[@oddball-z]

The things that just appear when you need em...look a bucket of rocks 😂 you are blessed thanks 💚

[@AgateAriel]

Hahah sometimes I think I’m so funny 😆

[@oddball-z]

@@AgateAriel you make me laugh so I think you're funny 🤣

[@bertiekemp4198]

Rocks are well underappreciated, how they're made over thousands and millions of years year is just amazing! Big thanks for sharing and getting others into something so natural 😎

[@JudicialMermaid]

LMAO! My husband and I were watching you open that last “holey guy” and we both shouted out “IT LOOKS LIKE BREAD!” 🍞😂 I love this! Do more videos of opening random rocks… inquisitive minds enjoy this lol

[@ThePressurizer]

I love how excited you are about those rocks.

[@calebdillman8462]

You should check the dark ones with a flash light. You would reveal more banding for the camera. Just a thought. Love these!

[@AgateAriel]

Oh good idea!!

[@emmat7643]

I don’t know anything about rocks but your enthusiasm was infectious enough to make me watch the whole video ❤

[@isaaclawson3126]

Cool video, thanks again. The Breadstone at the end reminds me of Leland blue glass. Alot of the old forges in the Great Lakes region would dump their slag in the lakes and you get glass/stones that look like that. They come in a bunch of colors too. Frankfort Green, purple, grey is most common. I don't know if it is, it just looks kinda like it. Pretty cool.

[@AgateAriel]

Oh wow that’s really interesting! I’ll have to look more into that!

[@cathypearson5844]

Even the less colourful ones are amazing....nobody has ever seen what's inside until you😮😊

[@chrisberry9017]

It’s interesting how so many of us are looking for instant gratification (or not) after cutting open a pebble. I just thought of the millions of years that these rocks took to form, and wondered at the marvels of nature. Every one is unique, and just think of how many there are.

[@grillbesteck6319]

I love hearing the excitement over rocks in your voice! It’s so cute! 😊 Rocks definitely are pretty cool though, so I get it!

[@OneStrangeJourney]

I recently started rockhounding and absolutely love your videos! They are exciting, educational, fun, and your energy is contagious. I found my first agate the other day. Surprisingly hard to come by in my area. Despite all the amazing desert hikes I've been on recently, my favorite rock is a beautiful egg-shaped agate that I found in the gravel parking lot of a dog park 😅.

[@AgateAriel]

Well thank you! And isn’t that funny 😆 sometimes the one I like best are ones I find in landscaping 😅

[@PlasticClaws]

Girlie I just found your videos and im absolutely obsessed with your smile 🥺🫶

[@MegaSkills9]

I am just as curious about rocks. Since I was a little kid (and I am 65 now) I have looked for rocks to brake open and look at the inside of them. (Although I used a hammer and tried to split them in half.) It was so interesting to me that it seemed as though each was an unopened Xmas present. I also thought of how I was the first human to touch the inside of each after millions of years of it being intact. I can totally relate to you in the video. Thanks for making the video, and bringing back the curious feelings to me again. Maybe we are related? lol 😉

[@Halcyonix-ei7vn]

Definitely was not looking for this, but I’m certainly glad I found it. Rock on!

[@sparrowriver7916]

Ariel is just, cute. It's why I keep coming back

[@rachiemay1201]

Seriously, same!!!!!!!! She just brings sunshine on the cloudiest days.

[@wreckswrecked]

Your absolute joy when discovering your holey “special cheese” / “bread” rock is 🧀🍞 🧀 EVERYTHING! ❤ Thank you!

[@mshaw290808mi]

That was a lot of fun! Thank you for sharing.

[@AgateAriel]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@KatsWind]

Ohhh my goodness!!! Yes, it looks like a very high grade of French cheese!! Too cool!

[@michaeljermain9208]

I thought I was the only person that likes to cut rocks open. I have been cutting my neighbors rocks open for years. They enjoyed finding them too.

[@AgateAriel]

It’s an awesome hobby 😎

[@3112isabel]

She gets SOOO excited when she opens them, I love it!

[@Larth.]

I enjoyed this video very much. Not only because of the result to cut the stones but your lovely and amazed reaction and laughing when you opened them. Keep it up.

[@billsturm7178]

Hey LOOK 👀 it’s the next one ( yep that’s why I watch - knowledge of Rocks with an amazing personality - always fun to watch / go find some rocks Kiddo

[@AgateAriel]

Haha thank you!

[@texpa1]

1. The anxiety you were giving using that saw to cut the rocks. HOLY MOLY! I hope it's a special rock saw that won't cut fingers. 2. I have nonidea how I came across your channel, but have been watching videos all weekend. 3. I never knew what was inside rocks. I now want to gather a bunch of rocks and somehow cut them open. 4. Very impressive channel!

[@armeliahughes4300]

This is a 100% of a hobbies for me to break open rocks

[@asphaltrox]

I absolutely LOVED the jasper! My goodness! Such color and personality.

[@buds8423]

Agh! Are rocks really held by hand?! I wouldn’t do that with wood. That thunder egg scared the thunder outta me!

[@colonialcharlie8702]

Wood saws have teeth that can catch. This has the equivilent of sandpaper for the cutting edge not teeth. The rocks don't jerk out of your hand and touching blade is the same as a rope burn. Usual case is that you make your fingernail an odd shape and jerk your finger when you feel alittle rope burn sting. Once you try it, you realize it's so much safer than it looks 😂 I've hit blade plenty of time n just watch nail wear as I keep doing more rocks

[@goopygonch]

@@colonialcharlie8702this makes a lot more sense, i was super worried about that😅

[@GoddessStone]

Fun, thank you! For the hand sized ones, if you round off the edges of the cut, they make amazing massage stones and fit so well in the hand.

[@patriciamckean4186]

That wholly rock was cool. Lovely fractured membrane.

[@AgateAriel]

I know right! I’m glad the fractured membrane was throughout!

[@Chris-CardVault]

Who would of thought? Rocks can be! So Entertaining!

[@Evelyn-po9se]

I think the last one looks like a sof, crazy cheese 🧀 🤤 pretty cool!

[@AgateAriel]

Ohh yeah it does!

[@ladymindpalace7787]

The last one looks so so much like cut TOFU. Love it!

[@MathGrove]

A rock that looks like cheese is amazing!

[@AgateAriel]

Haha right!! It really was not what I was expecting inside!

[@sarahgumball8597]

Your excitement for this is sunshine to my soul

[@CacklingChick]

Who knew Swiss cheese could cut so easily on a 10" slab saw! Great video, as always! ROCK ON!! 😂😂😂👍🏻🪨⛏️

[@AgateAriel]

Hahaha right 🤣 thank you!

[@stephenbell795]

It is much easier to see the details in the sunlight! Great work, thanks for sharing!

[@Kiki-hm8bp]

Never thought watching these videos would be like my kid version of watching toy unboxing videos 😂😂

[@jaimet574]

HA! I saw bread and then cheese too! So cool.. thanks for cutting up some rocks for us!

[@Barbara_Schulz]

I love the first one

[@AgateAriel]

That’s awesome!

[@kdrwbassTornado17]

Just found this channel lol Your enthusiasm makes this so cute and even cooler 😂

[@Ann-snowshoeingonEnceladus]

The last holey rock would make beautiful bookends. Also, whatever happened with the big cream and tan boulder that was on that construction site a few months ago?

[@AgateAriel]

I did bring it home! I sort of filmed a video on it, but didn’t like how it turned out so I didn’t post it!

[@Ann-snowshoeingonEnceladus]

@@AgateAriel Yay! Glad you got it to a home where it will be appreciated, especially after all the work you did unearthing it. 😊

[@johnfitzgerald4628]

Your excitement was refreshing! Great video.

[@Svensk7119]

That thunder egg at 3:33 was Lake Baikal! Perhaps mirror-imaged.

[@WarrenBaker-j9p]

Ariel oooh okay so much fun watching you and your enthusiasm thanks great video until next time

[@ThatCatTherian17]

11:55 BREAD 🍞

[@CalvoutsClips]

Its not just another rock! This channel is amazing, I'm going to get my dads old tile saw

[@calebdillman8462]

12:50 looks like sponge like jasper 😂

[@AgateAriel]

😆😆

[@Madshadowgolem]

So many hours doing exactly this! Great fun! Some cool finds for sure!

[@christinal6288]

Oh my god. That was so close to the thumb 😮 1:34

[@dhkent55]

That's a diamond saw. It's actually smooth on the edge and can't cut your thumb.

[@martavyhnalova8393]

I love stones, rocks, gems... and this video is really interesting and funny. Thanks.

[@ARTSIEBECCA]

Ariel looks like a real life Pixar character 😊

[@AgateAriel]

Haha thank you! 😆

[@Biggdaddy903]

Personally I think whether or not the inside has lacing or banding, seeing first what no one else has ever seen is exciting in itself.. Love your vids.

[@NightLunaLia]

12:00 is a cheese

[@Lambs_16]

lol

[@randomexploring541]

8:36 There’s a heart in that rock! 😮❤😅Beautiful finds! Thanks for sharing! Fascinating!

[@e.s.l.1083]

@ 11:40 'The SLICE of BREAD' 🍞 (edit: onward, and out word: she GOT IT!)

[@xalxinax]

Love that this video got recommended to me! I don‘t really know anything about stones but i always liked collecting beautiful ones. When i was a kid i opened some random ones up with a hammer and one time i even found a fossil of a little snail or something. That was soooo cool.

[@Kayari]

Yeah that holey one definitely looks like bread or some kind of fancy cheese, my first thought upon seeing it was i want to eat that, whoch i'm gonna blame on the fact that i jist woke up and haven't had breakfast yet lol Also those thunder eggs look like they got a little bit of lightning trapped in them!

[@AgateAriel]

Oh my gosh yes! They do look like lightning!

[@thehelluvaparty563]

I love your enthusiasm.

[@Lucky-Lulu04]

4:50 looks like butter fly wings

[@ivygarcia6878]

12:00 I love your absolute joy for this rock! It makes me smile! I thought it looked like brie as soon as you opened it!

[@LillyEslem]

That’s like cheese!

[@robnilson3613]

Ancient Government Cheese 😂😂

[@AgateAriel]

Hahahaha 100%!

[@connieconley1129]

LOL, I just Love how excited you were about the Cheese Rock.............. Awesome !!!