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

In this video we find an ordinary looking blue rock from the beach and turn it into a spectacular gemstone. Come along and watch the transformation!
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[@annmartinez1323]

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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[@STR8L8CED]

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

[@joannac9194]

Crazy

[@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

[@rickschlosser6793]

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

[@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! 😊

[@sbabromines800]

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

[@RockhoundingLife]

😄

[@colleenobryan720]

I did too

[@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!

[@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.

[@TeCe1358]

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

[@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.

[@judyherman1249]

What an absolutely gorgeous find! ❤

[@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!!!😍😍😍😍😍

[@ThePeasantsCottage]

This rockhound is sooo envious!😍

[@kathleenfrances8808]

Showroom shine!

[@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!

[@HWCism]

Love seeing the inside out outside. Thanks

[@pennymurdock4507]

Beautiful ❤

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! 😊

[@sandmaker]

Beautiful rock and a nice polish. Thanks for sharing.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thanks for watching!

[@user-hr3tx6uu9o]

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!

[@maryrichmond]

They are so beautiful.

[@davidwaller7095]

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

[@RockhoundingLife]

Definitely!

[@leslyeschoenhuth1107]

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

[@RockhoundingLife]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@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!

[@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

[@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.

[@lindakilmer2548]

What a great score!!!

[@deniseview4253]

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

[@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!

[@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

[@alanatolstad4824]

You clearly enjoy your hobby.

[@RockhoundingLife]

I do!

[@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.

[@user-qr5vb3vm6e]

Almost a geiode cavity, nicely done.

[@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

[@nancymoran2180]

It's beautiful.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@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 🪨💎

[@rushrunner7]

Just magnificent!

[@Bebecat477]

Nice!

[@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.

[@JADEALEXANDRITE]

Gorgeous 😍

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! 😊

[@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.

[@rendaowe]

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

[@RockhoundingLife]

My pleasure!

[@kathrynwilliamson8631]

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

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thanks for watching!

[@grizzlybear4]

What a find!

[@sherrybriggs5459]

So beautiful

[@taleandclawrock2606]

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

[@kenijonesESQ]

Nice !!

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@PapasGems]

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

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@jonasgeez2140]

Oh wow what a nice stone how cool

[@janicejackson2016]

It's beautiful

[@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. 😊

[@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!🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@cherb_soco1891]

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

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! 😃

[@Rickristian]

Found a few of those myself on scotsbay beach few years ago. Surprised to see there still are some left.😮

[@roxannsejkora1691]

Very unique and beautiful! 💜

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! 😊

[@rockseeker5299]

Great video!

[@patriciashields4069]

So cool!

[@amandawitherspoon3988]

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

[@possiblyfrankbutnotreally]

what an awesome looking agate

[@gmariet1391]

Beautiful !

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@dudemcx1077]

Sweet!

[@kellyharper367]

Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: Awesome!!

[@pollyhelms5910]

Beautiful!!

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! 😊

[@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]

🤔

[@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 💖😁

[@GoodWoodWorks-le4cd]

Lovely! Great video!

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@amyohl5037]

Look at that!!❤😊

[@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.

[@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!

[@cathyshannon7523]

Beautiful

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@queenbvalerie7858]

Awesome !!!

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@pamelajohnson2659]

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

[@Jane_Dow]

Around Frame <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="306">5:06</a> When you hold that just right, it looks like a shadow of a crown.

[@majestic1222]

Way Cool 👍

[@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!

[@seankennedy1377]

Smoke of the Ancients.

[@michelleangers342]

Wow!!!💙

[@katrinthorsdottir7514]

That’s a gorgeous agate!❤❤❤

[@barry7608]

Nice

[@VeneraBerens]

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

[@richarddavies7419]

A thinner slice is required to show an iris effect, if any.

[@user-lo5tg9jn6f]

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

[@johnhampshire25]

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

[@MysticNightCalls]

Beautiful stone.

[@RockhoundingLife]

I think so too!

[@kirsiselei8703]

Wow 😍absolutely gorgeous❤👋🇫🇮

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thanks so much 😊

[@joane.landers9151]

Awesome pieces. Wonder what it would look like if you had thinner sections. As I was writing this, you showed a thin section that you had cut. Beautiful , all of them!

[@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

[@thesacredmom2784]

Look like a fantasy crt screen

[@nitaclem6762]

So how will you make pendant out of rock?

[@RockhoundingLife]

We havw many videos showing our process

[@sonjaanderson5998]

Interesting

[@JensensAdventures]

Very nice!

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@SunilSunil-iq6dz]

Nice 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾❤️❤️❤️

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you 🤗

[@msandigail]

The first half you shared looks like Washington state!!

[@RockhoundingLife]

It does!

[@trip95125]

Will you show us your collection, some time soon?

[@glennquagmire1747]

The kinda black rock I like is the ones you can smoke in a stem. 🤣🤣

[@angef9687]

What a gorgeous specimen!!! I love watching you transform your beach treasures. What's the latest you can rockhound safely in Nova Scotia? My brother threw a wrench in my plans to come out this summer as he's coming back to Ontario to get married, but I am hoping to still get out before winter (I'm envious how your winter is so much milder than what I have to deal with). I'm still trying to convince my brother to take up rockhounding, but he thinks I'm crazy for liking and collecting rocks 🤷‍♀️

[@CricketsBay]

Safe? Probably April to October if you're worried about Winter storms. The guy from Class Sea Glass is out at the beach on PEI in December and January when it's not too cold and stormy.

[@ypcomchic]

I found one of these once. Gave it to a friend. Don’t know what it was.

[@SnowTiger45]

Looks like Chalcedony (agate).

[@sandrathompson1807]

what do you use to cut with

[@dn2817]

It Looks like the shape of washington state

[@janewasson4845]

I found the oddest rock the other day. Medium blue stripes, then cream, then blue stripes again. No idea what it is.

[@RockhoundingLife]

send a pic to [e-mail]

[@seanhardy4108]

Hey Jason, could we chat soon? I need your advice on rockhounding supplies, also I found a video I would like to discuss with you about some very interesting seam agate here in Nova Scotia that I am trying to get a lead on. Thank you Sean

[@RockhoundingLife]

Sure. You can email me at [e-mail]