Ordinary Blue Rock Found On The Beach Turns Into A Spectacular GEMSTONE

[@lettielou4148]

I think this is beautiful. My mother loved rocks and tumbling them. She bought pieces everywhere she visited. My daughter loves them, too. All of us would love this piece.

[@kathrynwilliamson8631]

Not all who wander are lost, some are looking for cool rocks!

[@joane.landers9151]

@@kathrynwilliamson8631 ❤️ your comment and it is So true!

[@kathrynwilliamson8631]

@@joane.landers9151 One of my favorite past times. Clouds too, but they're harder to collect and catalog.

[@NickatLateNite]

An old rockhound told me many years ago... "Some of the ugliest rocks on the outside have the greatest beauty on the inside... Always cut an ugly rock to look inside".

[@RockhoundingLife]

100%

[@lisahart5682]

Like people. Except the cutting of course! Lol

[@brunom72]

You guys, go to 5:03...doesn't the center (when brought up to the light) look like an older woman, hair in a top bun, sitting upright (back facing the headboard) with her walking stick leaning against the middle side of the bed...does anyone else see that image?

[@jpatpat9360]

Often people are like that too....don't judge a book by its cover

[@kerinsian8844]

​@brunom72 Yes! Sitting upright in a old fashioned sleigh bed.

[@AudreyF2010]

Proof that for some of us, no rock is ordinary 😉🥰 And then I looked over at some rocks on the counter, wishing for a saw and polishing wheel and a living space that I could have them in... Followed by the thought I would have to let my family know where to look if I disappear for a while 🥸

[@lisahart5682]

In Oregon we have a lot of agates that we find but they’re called crazy blue lace agate and they’re beautiful. They look real similar to that.

[@brendacorrigan8947]

I'm in Southern Oregon and agree we have some spectacular rocks here. A huge variety my boyfriend said he has never seen such a variety in such a small area.

[@rethamoore4282]

I love rocks ! This rock you cut was beautiful to me BEFORE you cut it. Now the inside is beautiful too!❤

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! 😊

[@mattwuk]

Paused the video after 20 seconds to say that's so stunning right off the ground, great spot. I'll now play the rest and I'm looking forward to hiw it turns out.

[@mattwuk]

Beautiful

[@adrienamolinek1559]

I love watching people collect, cut and polish rocks. As a kid my parents, brother and I would go to the UP of Michigan and rock hound. My dad created a pond, with a waterfall and rock gardens with all the rocks

[@Kenlydford]

I don’t know much about rocks but I’m that guy picking rocks on Lake Michigan and Lake Heron. I can’t help myself 😊👍

[@erynporter9951]

That blue tone is so, so pretty❤! I have always loved rocks, they're just Cool! I found some beautiful coppery silver, quartz stones in my Garden. It's just awesome what nature makes!

[@SassyT_313]

That’s beautiful! As a little girl I used to sit in the driveway with my dad’s hammer cracking rocks just because it sparkled on the inside. lol wish I could have found something like that. Nice!😁

[@RockhoundingLife]

That is awesome!

[@k.t.rabbit9552]

As a little girl, my niece did the same. She would spend hours smashing rocks with a carpentry hammer, hoping to find geodes. (Not too many of those here in NH, sadly...lots of granite, though.) She ended up chipping her father's spare hammer pretty badly, so for her 9th birthday I gave her a geologist's rock hammer, a pair of safety goggles, and stern instructions to NEVER use the former without the latter. We had some great rock-hounding field trips!

[@freeleonardpeltier4148]

Come to upstate ny! You can mine Herkimer diamonds here!

[@candieschonauer4083]

I love this seeet sweet story

[@westerlywinds5684]

I held my breath watching those fingers so close to the saw blade. Be safe. It takes nothing to lose those fingers.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Check this video out on saw safety: kzbin.infoqf8abF5eVbU?si=WQtS1DLjjxpF92PS

[@zerowhite2286]

I know! I was mentally dressing him in some chainmail gloves and lending him my kitchen pincers.

[@madeleinegombert661]

I also held my breath watching.

[@joshbrowne1768]

Theses are not actually saws. They are just abrasive wheels. There is virtually no danger of cutting yourself.

[@AndrewKazmierski]

@@joshbrowne1768 Thanks I'm new to those saws and I've been using carefully but I heard that as well!

[@sbabromines800]

You just talked about a rock for 10 minutes…. And I loved every second!

[@RockhoundingLife]

😄

[@colleenobryan720]

I did too

[@bryandunkel]

As a Cab cutter myself I have encountered quite a few agates both banded and like yours. I learned a trick you might enjoy on agate nodules that show light centers sometimes I flip the Heel end of the nodule so the light color sawn face will become the back and the darker blue skin will become the face of the Cabochon. Sometimes you may prefer the darker skin color of the nodule. Have been cutting cabs for over 50 years. Have fun !

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thanks for the tip!

[@rickschlosser6793]

If you think there is opal there shine a black light at it. Opal glows under a black light.

[@avariea6004]

agate also fluoresces under blacklight so sadly that wont help much >_

[@joemuro692]

Truly enjoy watching your videos. You always show the amazing world of rock hounding. Thank you for making these videos.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Glad you like them! And thanks for coming back to watch!

[@gaylesimper9311]

Wow!!!! I've seen those here on my property but never thought to cut into it.....and I never thought KZbin would have rockhounding channels!!!😍😍😍😍😍

[@pamelar3607]

We have blue & purple & green rocks like this here in Ky. The archeologist i took them to said they are Slag. Slag is what formed on top of the boiling pot of ingredients that made steel. Slag is found around an old furnace where steel was made. About 160yrs old or more. I have buckets full of it. I wire wrap each rock to make pendants..its truly beautiful.

[@joane.landers9151]

@@pamelar3607 Slag is not rock, it is a Glass which is produced from smelting different ores. Different ores produce different colors of slag. Steel is Not the only producer of slag.

[@pamelar3607]

@joane.landers9151 here we are all commenting on the ROCKHOUND CHL & even the title says Blue Rock found & u want to correct me by calling it Glass instead of Rock & say it's not just from steel. I've done my research on this. We have so many OLD IRON ORE FURNACES ALL OVER THE WORLD. Which started the race to be the 1st to create steel & many other metallic metals. I have found so much of it I have a garage full of 5 gal buckets of it. I make beautiful jewelry out of it. Each piece can be dated back to the time the FURNACE was in operation. Most of mine are 180-200 yrs Old.

[@joane.landers9151]

@@pamelar3607 According to your first comment, 3 months ago, you said "The archeologist I took them to said they are Slag". I agree with that. Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary, copyright 2001, page 1795, says: that slag is "the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore." Page 2128, Webster's New Universal Dictionary: Vitreous. "of the nature of or resembling glass, as in transparency, brittleness, hardness, glossiness, etc." I also have some pieces of Slag which is Glass, definitely Not rock!

[@pamelar3607]

@joane.landers9151 bitch at the creator of this chl not me. 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️ there's always ONE In every crowd. Have a great day.

[@9fiveb180]

Blue Chalcedony is so lovely. I used to buy my M'ma whatever David Yurman had made using blue Chalcedony at Christmas time. My Neiman's Associate friggin loved to see me walk in that place. LOL

[@annfm123]

Who else has anxiety watching him cut that rock? His fingers😮

[@RockhoundingLife]

This video should help with that: kzbin.infoqf8abF5eVbU?si=WQtS1DLjjxpF92PS

[@barbarablink5951]

I sure do!

[@RockhoundingLife]

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[@PxNxWxGxW]

It's not a wood saw. Different type of blade.

[@joannac9194]

Crazy

[@leslyeschoenhuth1107]

Thanks for showing us the delight you can create. Much appreciated..

[@RockhoundingLife]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@kathrynwilliamson8631]

That is a breathtakingly beautiful specimen! Each face is unique and special,thank you for sharing!

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thanks for watching!

[@ThePeasantsCottage]

This rockhound is sooo envious!😍

[@sandmaker]

Beautiful rock and a nice polish. Thanks for sharing.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thanks for watching!

[@ChristopherJones_terptime_]

You could do a tourist camp and take people to find rocks, cut them for them and send them home with treasure. I'd pay for something like that.

[@RockhoundingLife]

🤔

[@Emeraldwitch30]

Our old science teacher used to cut rocks in half once or twice a month at school. Some of my rocks collected over the years have had pretty insides. My son and daughter both had him in several different classes(kids loved him and his wife as teachers they went above and beyond for their students. I even had him for a teacher) I so have seen blue rocks like this that I passed up for others instead lol

[@Pampnaylor]

What a great idea! I’d come for sure!

[@maryrichmond]

They are so beautiful.

[@IndusRiverRock]

Very beautiful stone thanks for beautiful sharing

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@butchgarner3911]

Beautiful Stone!! You cant make that kind of beauty!! Thanks for sharing!

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@HWCism]

Love seeing the inside out outside. Thanks

[@cherb_soco1891]

What a lucky find!! So beautiful !! I'm rather envious 😉

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! 😃

[@CarolynMcPherson-r3z]

You don't have to be envious! Go to Michigan! According to one geology book I have, there are more one-of-a-kind rocks in Michigan than in any other part of the world.

[@ShirleyWhite-rc6je]

That is a wonderful stone. Keep up with your rock. Hunting. From shirley from new Bern, north carolina u.s.a ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉😮🎉🎉😅😊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Silasposton]

That one turned out stunning! I can’t wait for my saw to get here hopefully this next week so I can start getting surprised by the insides of rocks as well. I am still so so jealous of that flat lap. That’ll be a future purchase for sure. After the hospital bills of course. Haha. Gotta be an adult still😛. Loving these videos and so glad to have found a lot of good rock hounding KZbinrs to follow while I was in the hospital. Can’t wait for more as the weather is finally getting better!🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@judyherman1249]

What an absolutely gorgeous find! ❤

[@the.nerdy.mermaid]

So pretty. I have hundreds of agates from Malibu. Nodules and some big boys too. Can’t wait to get a saw

[@merk9569]

I know nothing about rocks/stones which was proven when you picked up the bluish rock instead of the white/red one which was adjacent. I loved seeing what you did with the blue one but I can’t help but wonder if the white/red one would be equally beautiful. Ignorance is not always bliss. 😊

[@RockhoundingLife]

The white/red one was a piece of limb cast. That beach is full of them. I have so much of it i dont pick up the smaller ones anymore.

[@topcat43truffles15]

OK, so now what is limb cast for those of us that are clueless….lol 😁

[@Random_847]

LOVE those colors!!!

[@SashasRevenge]

I’m so glad that you shared this with us, thanks.

[@RockhoundingLife]

My pleasure!

[@TerrasTreasure]

LOVE the blues! My favorite color. Well done on the polish.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Zealor365]

Excellent video, I know nothing about the subject but you made it very easy to understand and enjoy the process. Bravo!

[@RockhoundingLife]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@johnlord8337]

A good option is connecting up with Jason KZbin Flour Gold Wizards (Wisconsin, Lake Superior) and all of the many stones they have there, plus yooperites, ... and a lot of leaverites .... So many types of sedimentary, banded, igneous, and diverse metamorphics in that area.

[@jonnsgirl]

WOW!! I am always excited to see that beautiful blue chalcedony on the beach. I have collected a bunch and I always assumed that it was just clear blue throughout! I am so excited to get a saw! 😄

[@RockhoundingLife]

So cool!

[@janeenutley3167]

Thank you for sharing this , Wow it turned out Beautiful! I love that color of Blue! I'm a Rockhounder & I'm from MI. & have been finding & collecting (mainly in MI.) & I started out at 5 yrs old looking for the Petoskey stone From Petoskey MI. & of course now there is the Yooperlite, that Glows under a black light, they are pretty cool , & I have also found some pretty amazing Geodes from Arizona & the G. Canyon . I love that you found this strange looking specimen in your neighborhood, & it turned out so beautiful, I wasn't expecting that, I kind of thought it was going to look like a geode on the inside, but I was still pleasantly surprised! Thanks again 4 sharing 🪨💎

[@Ari-mo8qo]

@@janeenutley3167 I'm also a fellow michigander! I also started collecting rocks around the same age petoskey stones and fossils and quartzes and different types of iron ore where my favorites to collect off the ground even found pink quartz as a kid!

[@reginaldwigglebottom4731]

Very cool find I’d say it’s very unlikely that white is opal considering how hard it was to cut…opal would have cut like butter

[@RockhoundingLife]

Opal is harder than people think. It definitely doesnt cut like butter. Opal is a 6 on the mohs scale which is fairly hard. But i agree with you in this case. It was extremely hard and the blue and white was blending. Probably chalcedony.

[@vandagoldhunter8814]

Gems are really beautiful and perfect

[@ageorgiapeach9442]

Always glad you still have your fingers by the end of your video, lol. Beautiful.

[@RockhoundingLife]

No worries! I always will: kzbin.infoqf8abF5eVbU?si=WQtS1DLjjxpF92PS

[@ageorgiapeach9442]

@@RockhoundingLife well, thank you for sharing that short with me on the blade. That’s a big relief!

[@wandasetzer1469]

KZbin chose to show me your channel this morning. I wake up in the wee hours and often bounce around learning about things in videos. It's an important means of relaxation for me - learning. I'm afraid it's a bit late for me to take this up as a hobby since I don't have all that equipment, but I'm going to enjoy watching. You make beautiful things.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thanks for watching! I hope you come back!

[@wandasetzer1469]

@@RockhoundingLife I absolutely will!

[@deniseview4253]

It was a surprise inside. I wondered if it could have been Irish. It is so beautiful.

[@PapasGems]

Gorgeous, never seen anything like those. Thank you for sharing 🎉

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@davidwaller7095]

You could make a few great cabs from this! Very nice, I love finding agates like these!

[@RockhoundingLife]

Definitely!

[@SherryHill-k5y]

Beautiful! I collected rocks as a kid and would continue. What's not to love about them when you find out what's inside! Kudos to you!

[@RockhoundingLife]

Right on!

[@Pampnaylor]

That’s gorgeous! I can’t wait to binge watch all your videos. I’m so excited.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thanks so much 😊

[@hopalstudiosjuliehattis]

Beautiful. ❤ The slab you we're holding up to the light you should put over your phone flash light. I do that with the rock's I find. 😊

[@kertbert1]

This is great fun as a hobby. Out exploring and then playing with what you found when you get home. A pixi is a lot of fun for making cabochons and anyone can teach themselves off youtube as it's easy. I'll be in Parrsboro this 2024 mid August weekend for the gem show. Hope to see you all there. Gem Hunter Acquisitions.

[@amandawitherspoon3988]

That is so cool! I wish that I could find something like that.

[@roxannsejkora1691]

Very unique and beautiful! 💜

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! 😊

[@staceyroberts3468]

Such a beautiful color!! Lucky find 👌

[@argrover4210]

You could slice it again and again and get some really beautiful pieces that would make some lovely things... :) Opps! and there it is! Fantastic! I love those..

[@coffee19837]

Very beautiful finds

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you!

[@coffee19837]

@@RockhoundingLife you’re welcome

[@amandatyrrell4820]

These stones are so pretty!!!!

[@lindakilmer2548]

What a great score!!!

[@pennymurdock4507]

Beautiful ❤

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! 😊

[@marymcguffin9370]

I have found several rocks like your but not as much of that blue rock is exposed. I knew it had to be something special, but I don't have a saw like that, I would like to cut mine open, but I knew they were weren't ordinary 💖😁

[@VeneraBerens]

😮❤🎉GORGEOUS USUALLY THE UGLY ROCKS HAVE GORGEOUS CENTERS NOT YELLING ALMOST COMPLETELY BLIND CAPS HELP STAY SAFE AND BLESSED EVERYONE ❤

[@Jane_Dow]

Around Frame 5:06 When you hold that just right, it looks like a shadow of a crown.

[@brunom72]

That last piece would make an excellent worry stone. You do great work !!

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@nancymoran2180]

It's beautiful.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@hraven7799]

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing.

[@RockhoundingLife]

You are so welcome!

[@RonniBatchelor]

Ellensburg blues look like that.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Yes! I used to have a big 3lb ellensburgh blue that my grandfather collected back in the 70's.

[@jonasgeez2140]

Oh wow what a nice stone how cool

[@taleandclawrock2606]

Would hhave loved to see the polish in entirety. Likke a beautiful pool of ancient water. ❤

[@Tine_of_Nice_Dreams]

What a beauty. I want to see the tumbled pendants too!!

[@alanatolstad4824]

You clearly enjoy your hobby.

[@RockhoundingLife]

I do!

[@katrinthorsdottir7514]

That’s a gorgeous agate!❤❤❤

[@MichaelM-q2q]

Almost a geiode cavity, nicely done.

[@rushrunner7]

Just magnificent!

[@kathleenfrances8808]

Showroom shine!

[@NickAcker2019]

You always seem to find gems in the most non- obvious rocks! Good eye sir😀

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you kindly!

[@tsugima6317]

Must be years of experience.

[@DipBlu]

Awesome! Your doing good work young man, keep it up. 👍

[@janetmelin]

This reminds me of Ellensburg Blue Agates! ...and good rockhounding as a kid with my dad. (Kittitas County - Eastern WA State)

[@RockhoundingLife]

Yes 100%

[@pamelajohnson2659]

Blue Agate, I have 100's of them from Oregon.

[@amyohl5037]

Look at that!!❤😊

[@janicejackson2016]

It's beautiful

[@Bonnie-ww7mr]

That's not an ordinary rock 👏🥂 CA USA 🌲

[@warshrine8635]

That's what I said it's obviously an agate you could tell from a distance

[@lindajanke6194]

Love me some rocks. I pick them up whenever I travel.

[@sherrybriggs5459]

So beautiful

[@kirsiselei8703]

Wow 😍absolutely gorgeous❤👋🇫🇮

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thanks so much 😊

[@shelleygiesbrecht4759]

That is breathtaking, well done!

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you very much!

[@pollyhelms5910]

Beautiful!!

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! 😊

[@zomalfa4363]

Quite a find.

[@Leafbinder]

Good Find !!!!

[@johnhampshire25]

That's a nice blue chalcedony, I have a 10lb one

[@michelleangers342]

Wow!!!💙

[@Progold94_Plays]

It's beautiful! Looks like blue chalcedony or a type of quartz

[@shosmyth1454]

👍 pso Happy to find Lapidary channel!! 🌺

[@RockhoundingLife]

Welcome!!

[@bristleconepinus2378]

I lived by the beach and always kept my eye on the rock piles at high tide. I had a coffee can full of those geodes, I used to call them "moonstones".

[@patriciashields4069]

So cool!

[@possiblyfrankbutnotreally]

what an awesome looking agate

[@JADEALEXANDRITE]

Gorgeous 😍

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! 😊

[@GoodWoodWorks-le4cd]

Lovely! Great video!

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@lauralowery9303]

What you shoulda done is pick up the 3 other beauties around that blue one! We've been sitting here talking to you on the TV about not seeing those other gorgeous interesting rocks! But alas, you couldn't hear us! 🤷🏼‍♀️ Love your videos! And I want a rock saw! I have so many buckets and boxes and jars of rocks that I know are beautiful inside but I can only see them in my imagination 😢. Maybe one day...

[@Bebecat477]

Nice!

[@JamesRobson-e1f]

I would have loved seeing the largest residual piece cut as a low cabachon .