Ordinary Red Beach Rock Turns Into An Amazing Gemstone

In this video we take an ordinary looking beach rock and turn it into an amazing gemstone. Come along and watch the transformation!
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[@jtsimmons3133]

The term, "Ordinary Rock" is an oxymoron. Every stone has a story to tell and has its own beauty. Your excellent video illustrates this beautifully.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you!

[@nunyabisnass1141]

Yes, but it's a long story that I don't think I have the time to hear.

[@RockhoundingLife]

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[@martinjones6694]

@@nunyabisnass1141 its quite a short story.... one day in a brick works, a brick came fresh out of the kiln and was sent off to be part of a house. The house was built probably quite close to a river estuary, then at some time later the house was demolished and one of the bricks ended up at the waters edge. Quite possibly it was a house that was destroyed in world war two, the rubble carried away and dumped on a beach,. over time with the tide, it will have eroded away and moved about, possibly miles from where it began. then one day, it was picked up, polished and shaped into a stunning pendant.....

[@davidm9618]

All rocks are special and precious - that's why diamonds and granite sell for the same prices....

[@honodle7219]

Limb Casts are created when agate is deposited in cavities formed by tree branches covered by volcanic ash. The wood burns away after being covered by the hot ash. Under the right conditions agate fills the empty space. The result is a piece of agate that has the form of a tree limb, hence the name limb Cast. For everyone who has no idea why he's calling a stone 'conifer', which is a pine tree, and wth does 'limb cast' even mean. Ah. FINALLY, at the end of the video, he mentions the red material is jasper. instead of calling it a pine tree.

[@teenapittman4241]

Thank you. I find so many that look like pet wood but aren't. I didn't know. And living in the deep south, with an area that has several paper mills, that were lumber company land a century ago, I find a lot of them. But would a limb cast have rings, like a limb would?

[@erinlowe5173]

Thank you! I was one of the “everyone who has no idea why he’s calling it a conifer”. I thought I’d misheard, thanks for the explanation!

[@jesseerickson662]

Thanks, I had to pause the video and Google conifer rock and was coming up with nothing. 😅

[@k-makesomething]

Thanks. I was wondering why he was calling jasper a conifer...

[@patboyd1587]

I’m just amazed that he still has his fingers! Wonderful work.

[@RockhoundingLife]

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[@davidraines368]

Rock saw blades don't cut.

[@patrickmanasco5905]

@@davidraines368yes they do, just not people

[@dave7830]

Diamond saws may take off a little bit of skin, but not dangerous unless you run one up against a more solid finger nail - that hurts.

[@jasonsummit1885]

I wouldn't call that an ordinary beach rock, when I find a good glassy piece of jasper like that I tend to get excited.😁

[@stephaneldredvanhoek9634]

Yeah :)

[@NickAcker2019]

You definitely see something in these stones that most of us don’t. Great job Jason!

[@bluedog101c]

I see door and kitchen cabinet knobs.

[@rhondasisco-cleveland2665]

Most people don’t see things around them. It’s weird.

[@dennisevelyndaniels4862]

Great job on the beach rock. I also love to find ordinary stones and polish them. I started out tumbling then joined a rock club and learned the slab to cab process. When Covid hit I ended up purchasing the Hi-Tech slant lap and am in the process of improving my cabbing skills at home. I do some wire wrapping of my stones or others that I buy and enjoy the process. Nice to see a fellow Canadian here doing this work.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Our rocks here on the bay of fundy can get a bit grey and hard to pick out on dry days. Easy to miss some gems!

[@aosterkamp]

Hard to believe you got that cool looking of a piece, out of a red rock off the beach! Awesome stuff

[@FindingPebbles]

The East Coast, Canada has so many gorgeous stones washing up on shore.

[@largent45]

Wow! Crazy beautiful how that red rock has changed. That rock was so beautiful after you slabbed it! And it made just a gorgeous pendant! Thank you for taking us along on this journey Jason! 😮

[@georgesheffield1580]

Red jasper

[@elizabethlewis3509]

Can't afford all that fancy equipment but love to watch the beginning to the finished beauty.

[@AwkwardBirb]

Awesome! I love stones where the closer you look, the more beautiful and interesting they become. You did a great job bringing out this stone’s uniqueness!

[@mariemoss2475]

It turned out so much better than I thought, the details are like a little galaxy... beautiful 😍👍

[@Wonderboy46Z]

I love watching things like this just to see the true amount of work, artistry and care it takes to make something that sounds as simple as “just a stone pendant” that we kinda all take for granted

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you!!!

[@ittybittykittymama7582]

This rock turned into a beautiful stone in the hands of a master gem cutter! This video reminds me of my friend, Jim Livesay, and his sweet wife, Jackie, who cut buckets of gemstones for me many years ago in Franklin, North Carolina. Though Jim and Jackie are probably gone now, I still cherish the beautiful work Jim did for me and I laugh when I recall the summer of the Perfect Garnet Hunt! RIP dear friends! I hope that if Heaven needs some of their gemstones replaced, they'll rely on the world's best cutter to do it! The Garnet Lovin' Gal

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thanks for sharing your story!

[@lyndaellison6179]

I love how you uncover our creator’s gifts, beautiful. I could look at it for hours.

[@lifeaccordingtogizzmoroncu9721]

Absolutely stunning ! Your skills are obviously much more than average. Your doing the work that you have been born to do ....and many years from this lifetime people will know your name because your creations will be Valuable and very much sought after.

[@Mummaearth]

I have been avidly learning new truths and experiences and inspiration, via youtube and this includes yourself - i have been very remiss in thanking you for all you share with us all and how much it matters to quite a few of our lives here in the UK ! Good Bless All

[@RockhoundingLife]

Wow, thank you very much for those words! That made my day! Glad you are enjoying our content.

[@rubylouh7849]

Very nice, I'd definitely wear that! Most of us will never know the hidden beauty in the thousands of rocks we walk over at the beach! Looks like a very satisfying and rewarding hobby or job, well done!!

[@samadalmelkar7393]

The end product looks AMAZING. No one can say it's an ordinary rock. Well done.

[@caroledn]

Wow...love this. Turned out beautifully! Your fingers....ahhhh!!!!! At the diamond cutter, found myself closing my eyes haha. From one north shore rock junkie to another......fantastic. unique. Subscribed. 😊

[@RockhoundingLife]

HI Carole and welcome! I get that a lot about the fingers. In fact i have been meaning to make a video about it. This particular blade is a sintered lapidary diamond blade. It grinds and does not slice. I can place my finger on the blade and it won't cut because of the low surface tension of my finger.

[@caroledn]

@@RockhoundingLife 😎

[@RockhoundingLife]

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[@mitchellwilliams9697]

As a rock and brick mason for 30 years I've bumped my fingers into a diamond blade several times. Just a little burn unless you push very hard. Not like a wood blade

[@ant-1382]

Love that difference in the sound of the grinding wheel, and the polishing wheel.

[@brianholcomb940]

So awesome! You always do a fantastic job! Thanks for sharing!

[@diane6920]

Masterpiece! A joy to view the transformation. Thank you.

[@gjackson6569]

Great video. I love watching projects like this go from the start to the finish. Well done, it's a beautiful piece.

[@JulesTools23]

Great job and video! I’m just learning about slabbing & cabbing, so it’s fun to watch someone go through the process(s). It’s so cool that you went on the hunt and found the perfect piece, and bonus lol, chalcedony pockets. The closeups at the end helped me see all that, so Ty ;)

[@ClintsHobbiesDIY]

Every time I watch one of your vids I think about what I have probably stepped on in my life time. Great work.

[@justjulee9135]

So very pretty! I love the way it turned out!

[@agatebeauties]

Absolutely beautiful! Well done.

[@Hklbrries]

Watching the process is mesmerizing!

[@kennyc388]

I love red jasper stones. They are plentiful on my Oregon rocky beaches along with many other colors. I even named my little dog Jasper ! It has always amazed me how a specially designed diamond lapidary blade will only cut hard materials such as stone and glass and not human flesh or any soft materials. 😄

[@kimpetri6750]

Beautiful work! Gorgeous stone.❤

[@Felix111ize]

Love it❤, amazing final result. Don't listen to the haters and cyber bullies, they're just jealous of your skills/talent... And No, that is not a brick but a natural red stone that is millions of years old and it's stunning!!

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you so much! I am immune to hater comments!

[@cynergy4]

It turned out fabulous!

[@charrussell5774]

very pretty, red jasper looks so good with the black spots it just sets it off

[@MarthaOprisko]

With all said below, the gentleman is definitely talented. If he teamed up with a silversmith, they could create some stunning one-of-a-kind creations. The stone could have been polished with out having to change it's shape & made into a unique pendant with a polished but knobby back. I would have wanted to buy it,

[@ladyofwildrose]

Wow! That is a lot of intricate work. I don't think I could have my fingers close to the rotating saw like that...Zoiks! The finished work is absolutely beautiful.

[@1pixman]

Diamond coated saw blades cut stone but not flesh apparently.

[@1pixman]

Nice.i thought you were leaving the top design as the main feature not the back.

[@jordan207]

That's very pretty. I've never seen anything like this before.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you!

[@healthreviewsplus]

10:42 so "Stick Fast" is your go-to adhesive? Thank you for making this video!

[@ccvgems8754]

Super pretty stone. I’m partial to the two colors you were looking for also. I saw that you decided to use the non circle side for your top. Funny when you have it worked out in your head and then see a more beautiful scene on the other side. Hehe. Thanks for sharing! Nice work ⭐️🔴⭐️ Stay Crystal 💫 Mari Love your channel. So nice to see your boys involved. I too have boys that come along ❤

[@savagesquirrel9828]

Really nice. I’m glad you used real silver.

[@colindeer9657]

Good work Jason, yes very addictive. I can comb a beach in search of a good piece for hours and I just love it. Does not matter what you find, it’s just beautiful being there.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Well said!

[@robynbarricks762]

Beautiful piece! Well done!

[@marlenaforbes-reidy9876]

The finished product looks beautiful thank you for sharing ❤

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! 😊

[@michaelpinreno]

You have a great eye for a beautiful stone. Totally fascinating and intriguing.

[@stargazer4634]

I enjoyed your explanation of the minerals in the rock. Chalcedony? Who knew? Kudos!!

[@sandmaker]

I'm partial to jaspers and chalcedony? You did an excellent job cutting and polishing the stone. Thanks for sharing. Be happy, safe and stay healthy. 😷⚒

[@lynnduray7970]

Lovely work! Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻💫😍

[@carolinestagg6807]

It is gorgeous!

[@samsen201]

Great job. I love Silica. A cut through the chalcedony part could yield another beast. The beast of the Dark side!

[@Ken_Dalton]

I'm a silversmith the last 7years, but I'm mad about geology n gems too and started to dabble in cuttin and polishing stones myself.. I live in Ireland, and we get something similar on our beaches here, but I think ours is a sandstone and yours is an agate is it? Not familiar with the name of the rock you said at the start. Sorry I'm kinda green when it comes to what's what but long as I'm being creative then I'm winning. Awesome video, really enjoyed it. You got my subscription too Bud 👍🏼

[@RockhoundingLife]

Hi Ken and welcome to our channel! This rock is actually a limb cast of a conifer tree from the Jurassic period (206MYA). It is indeed made of Agate and red jasper and takes a super fine polish. Sandstone is a softer stone but will take somewhat of a polish if the clay content is low. I wish i had silver smithing skills to make my own bezels!

[@sarahross3785]

Wow! Amazing transformation! You are really good at that!

[@nancycrawford6149]

Wow it turned out so beautiful and a heart in it too

[@JhonDiamond2021]

The rocks on the beach are predominantly gray in color, among which you will find red Jasper stones. Quality stone. This type of stone is very much in my place, if you need it I can get it. Greetings from Indonesian agate hunters

[@RockhoundingLife]

100%

[@ruthsnyder4315]

It looks like the sun with sunspots. It's beautiful, you did an amazing job.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you so much!

[@bf_wondering0321]

Wow it’s beautiful! I would love to see it done in a good setting.👍

[@bethbartlett5692]

Nature's Art with an individual's added Creative desire ... Beautiful !

[@user-rk4nx1dx1l]

The red actually looks like red Jasper (on my laptop anyway). I've made ALOT of stone pendants, but I drill them rather than mount them, as you then are ''carving-by-grinding'' what amounts to small 3D sculptures, which feel really lovely in the hand. Have used alot of Serpentine from Cornwall (U.K...) which can have the most amazing colours and patterns . Try looking down by the waves...see the colours easier....wet! Good job!

[@soul_adventurist]

Nice work ❤ looks beautiful!

[@shellyirby9828]

Absolutely gorgeous! I love it.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@ariellenicholas664]

You did a really good job, what a beautiful stone.

[@keithcunningham7925]

That turned out amazing good job love it

[@sanjamicic3985]

Prekasno,takvih primjeraka nalazim mnogo, zaista ste napravili pravo remek delo, pozdrav!

[@sheri3395]

Nice job, love the color and setting.

[@lorimontcalm9086]

I was never so nervous watching someone saw something. It seemed like your fingers were so close to the blade. The pendant is beautiful. And you have your fingers and thumbs!

[@vandob2055]

Actually, a diamond saw will not cut your fingers---well, maybe if you really pushed it--but diamond blades are imbedded on the side edges with bits of diamond that 'chop' through the rock as you feed it into the blade. The blades are not actually sharp at the tips nor does the cutting action stem from the tip of the blade.

[@RockhoundingLife]

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Meu sonho ir num local desses...😮

[@ScottM1973]

40% of this video is What an interesting mushroom! Very interesting finished product!

[@RKranch]

Enjoyed watching this , gorgeous piece

[@ralphreinhardt6020]

A job well done sir !! 😎👍

[@leslyeschoenhuth1107]

* Turned into a Stunning piece.. Great find ..

[@estellawebb5070]

That’s a very beautiful piece! You have a great eye!

[@lorijaneiro8999]

I'm going to want to call that an agatized Jasper. Very nice always makes a great stone for jewlery.... I have some in my tumbler right now!!! Along with some Arizona agates ..huge I love an AGATE!!! Good job on your oiece

[@carrols.hawkins7770]

Very interesting. The final setting is so nice. The red color of the stone reminds me of a rare red coral. My former East Indian doctor wore a ring with the red coral.

[@mandicoleman7433]

Wow that's effin gorgeous 😍 ❤

[@FredMarz-gt4se]

Amazing art piece! Looks like a photo of mars surface! So precious! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 fro Brazil 🇧🇷

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank ypu!

[@RoxanneTaylor-yb3fs]

There are faces in that rock that is so beautiful ❤❤❤❤

[@louisep4805]

Conifer being fossilised tree? Great vid thank you what a gift you have 👌

[@RockhoundingLife]

Yes. It's a limb cast trace fossil.

[@louisep4805]

@@RockhoundingLife Fascinating thank you - it was a lovely pendant 👌👍

[@maryzefo3801]

Oh it turned out so beautiful and I love the bezel style that you said it in I used to be a Jeweler's apprentice a long time ago and he actually taught me how to make each individual little piece around the edge and then solder them on the side it took longer but it was so fascinating thank you for the closeup I love it all....

[@RockhoundingLife]

Super cool!! Thanks for watching!

[@jimmymcgill2557]

that's not just an ordinary rock it's a nice piece of rough Jasper! (Chalcedony) and thats a heck of a lovely pendant you made from it too! 👍🏻😬

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@ronaldhoppus9015]

You're getting good at this. Thanks

[@siamaklighvani3951]

Great job Jason , I learned a lot , you have a suitable machinery to shape any stone well

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thanks 👍

[@bettyhouk8727]

Very very BEAUTIFUL! ❤️👍

[@aidairis2996]

BELÍSSIMO TRABALHO...pedra linda

[@donnakawana]

Completely stunningly beautiful

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you so much!

[@taleandclawrock2606]

Mars pendant, so gorgeous.

[@frankG335]

Amazing! It evokes Mars and is si beautiful!

[@irenepeek3211]

Most beautiful indeed 👍 Thanks for sharing 🙏❣️

[@RockhoundingLife]

Many thanks!

[@jolo4291]

I see a happy puppy dog in that first cut piece 👍 Thx for video 😊

[@jolo4291]

Also see a deer 😉not done watching yet

[@lisamills-wv6nc]

Beautiful! 😊

[@adventuregrammy9979]

WOW! Beautiful transformation. Thanks for sharing.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! 😊

[@cindysmith6833]

Beautiful work, but I’ve got admit when I watch you cut the rock with the saw with no guards I prayed I wouldn’t witness your finger being cut off. It gave me a new appreciation for cut and polished rocks

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thanks! Check out thid short regarding lapidary blades. kzbin.infoqf8abF5eVbU?si=yxJtWCriRoiQkb9t

[@sbdiaries]

Hello Jason nice job 👏 indeed from an ordinary stone found lying around ❤❤❤❤

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you kindly

[@stephaniephelps3539]

That looks fantastic! Heading to Scots Bay this week to rockhound - maybe we'll see you there!

[@RockhoundingLife]

Good luck! We are at a hockey tourny this weekend

[@kf505]

Gorgeous!!

[@justdoingitjim7095]

I wouldn't have any finger tips or knuckles left if I did that kind of stuff! Impressive!

[@maryhairy1]

Very beautiful!

[@vickinoeske1154]

That is a beauty! I'm picturing 4 or so knobs on a small wood cabinet made out of this stone.

[@RockhoundingLife]

That's a great idea! That would be cool! Can I steal that idea....LOL!!

[@PinkPoofiePalace-1234]

Beautiful! Tfs!❤😊

[@YukonJack]

Great job, looks fantastic. I've been collecting rocks and fossils for a little under a year and a half and I will say it is beyond addicting. That started off with a small ammonite kicked off to more fossils and petrified wood that I can display. I'm getting into lapidary and I have been building up my materials bank and have been getting tools/hardware to make it so I can be more involved with the custom side of it all. I just put together a wet tile saw and tomorrow will be my first time using it. It's super exciting taking something rough and seemingly unremarkable only to transform it into something beautiful. I wish I got into all this years ago but I'm happy to be doing it now. With your lapidary saw, what would something that size cost? The tile saw can cut 2.25 inches thick so 4.50 if I cut on top then bottom with my seven inch saw blade. It seems like the jump from a seven inch blade to a ten inch is pretty expensive, but I can't cut some of the really nice rough slabs I've gotten with less than six inches, seven to be overkill with little exception. It would be nice to not drop a grand on one but I'm sure I'll have to take the plunge eventually.

[@marylouise2169]

Beautiful! ❤❤

[@ariam2042]

My favorite pastime searching, digging 🎉

[@sharonholdren7588]

Once while in Grad School I had an opportunity to learn how to make "thin sections." The most amazing aspect was a single pass the thickness of a hair across the blade revealed a whole new world of life in a rock.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Can't imagine the saw that coild cut rock that thin!!

[@VirginiaArellan0-vg6jw]

Hahaha.. Hair thickness after grinding till thin sections for light to penetrate during Petrographic analysis..

[@sharonholdren7588]

The way you cut "thin sections" is to glue a chunk of rock to a clear acrylic sleeve (just like used under a microscope) and shave it down, layer after layer until it is so thin that light can be tranmitted through it. Since most rock will in some way contain microscopic single celled organisms or plant particles a researcher can study and photograph them visually.