Unboxing Agates - Crazy Lace, Iris, Moss & more Unusual & Rare!

[@gems]

We had a lot of fun checking out all of these agates! Would you believe that there were several we left out? Let us know what your favorite was and whether you'd like us to feature more varieties!

[@k.l.manring2083]

Mexican fire agate Slaughter Mountain hands down

[@k.l.manring2083]

Love iris qgate too

[@heathervannatter364]

Love to see more!! Michigan girl so LSA for me!

[@joshford8109]

Pseudomorph agates😁the conglomerates agates are pretty cool. Also agates from Australia as I love digging them up, cutting them and then polishing them myself. My favourites are Agate creek agates from Queesnland Australia. I have a soft spot for me as my home town is only a hour away from the dig site. Also with the water line agate, aren't they also called sardonyx🤔?

[@bookwyrm2011]

I'd love to see some carnelian agate or banded carnelian.

[@AgateDad]

Awesome video 🙌 thanks for reaching out and it was so fun seeing the other amazing specimens shown!

[@gems]

Thank you!!!

[@japhyryder66]

You deserve the recognition @agatedad!

[@AgateDad]

@@japhyryder66 ❤

[@E.o.t.4637]

1 word... Authentic. Btw when they opened your box I honestly thought of you before they said it 😁

[@thebiggestpoop2360]

i just found your channel yesterday lol started off with the video you see in home on your channel

[@nickalouscromer9082]

You haven't even scratched the surface when it comes to Agate. I would love to see Holly Blue Agate, Agatized Wood, Carnelian Agate, Seam Agate, and Botswana Agate. Agate is my absolute favorite gemstone! There are just so many kinds of Agate, and no two Agates will ever look the same.

[@aborch7]

7:17 *glaciers be movin stuff* 😂 I love you lmao

[@michelemurphy3541]

Agate is probably truly | factually, my favorite stoners. So funny…I have loved stones forever and my childhood was full of me collecting, gifting and fawning over stones. I love this channel so much…you have fantastic information that is beautifully delivered…it is so wonderful. Thank you guys so, so much for being awesome!

[@SequoiaElisabeth]

There's a nice chemistry between you two. A fun episode!

[@largent45]

I love agate! In all forms! And i love how the iris specimen was a montana agate sample! Wow! A shoutout to agate dad! Congrats taylor! And lovely LSA agates! The amethyst eyes are gorgeous. And a galaxy stone! Thanks Taylor! The waterfall algae agate, i was going to say, isnt it just a stromatolite? I love drusy quartz! gorgeous. The dendritic agates are beautiful. This has been one of my favorite episodes! Love agate dad!

[@griziol]

The takeaway from this video is " glaciers are movin stuff" great video🤣😁

[@E.o.t.4637]

LOVE Agate Dad!!! He is authentic and honest! Taylor does great videos! I highly recommend his channel!!! and sometimes he doesn't even peek before he shows the viewer! We get his first reaction! That's what I mean about being authentic!!! SHOUT OUT AGATE DAD🥳

[@AgateDad]

You’re awesome ❤

[@E.o.t.4637]

@@AgateDad 😁

[@phillipanon7139]

Love your shows! Entertaining and educative. The beauty and charm of gemstones will never fade. You have a very knowledgeable and elegant team! Thanks.

[@donnalantz7981]

Well Agate Dad said I had to check you all out because you were featuring some of his agates. I love his channel. I now subscribe to yours as well. Those were all awesome agates. I look forward to seeing what's up next.

[@Strangelyfey]

I reaaaaally wanna see you guys talk about gems and minerals that look best in their raw unpolished forms

[@OregonRocks]

Wonderful video, would love to show you some more Oregon Agates 😀

[@deniseview4253]

Agate Dad sent me to you two. Very interesting video you two have. Thank you for sharing your knowledge on rocks.

[@luckyenigmas]

I stumbled on your channel... and I am not regretting it. All the rocks!

[@-.Tristan.-]

YAY I ASKED FOR THIS!! Super awesome videoo!!

[@ZaDussault]

I love all agates, even chirt and flint. There was chirt used under a highway in London in my trip and I snuck a few pieces in my luggage back. It may be very common there, but It's not here and I love it even if it's not banded.

[@chrisreinhardt5843]

Great video. And yes Agate Dad is also a highly recommend channel to fallow!!

[@kaylingainer3864]

Agate Dad is Awesome!!! I thought I recognized that galaxy stone LOL

[@oscarmedina1303]

What an episode! Agate overload but well worth it. Amazing specimens. I never knew there were SO many varieties. Thank you!

[@Elizabeth912-v6o]

Beautiful Brittany is sooooo soft spoken ! And such a classic dork , i mean that in a good way btw. But she leaves me very curious to see what she's like being angry or incredibly assertive!!!!!! 😂❤ she is the most fascinating girl on this channel to me!!!!!! Everyone ells is pretty easy to read! ❤

[@jenniferflorio3233]

This has been one of my favorite shows that you guys have done. I love agates and you opened my mind to the very very large world of them. Thank you for all this amazing info.

[@lindenbug]

I’ve been waiting for y’all to cover this topic! Agatized fossils similar to the ones you showed are my favorite to collect, as they crop up along certain Lake Michigan beaches. It’s amazing to see how silica solution clings to the remnants of organic forms to make tons of unique patterns. Agates in general are so cool because while they are relatively abundant, every locality has something wildly different to offer. I’m currently traveling up north to find some Lake Superior agates! Wish me luck!

[@rogerhargreaves2272]

Wow, so many Agates in this unboxing. Personally I love Moss Agate, but all these Agates were beautiful. I can’t believe Agate Dad sent you a box, he is a great guy. 😀

[@angcharmine7871]

Agates are very underrated. The variations and possibilities are endless!

[@oscarmedina1303]

Wow. Missed this episode when it first ran but I'm really glad I found it now. I have lots of agates and now I know what many are called. Thank you!!!

[@namelessgrace6319]

I love this channel. You guys compress so much knowledge in a decently short video. It's appreciated! :)

[@jonnsgirl]

Thanks, that was a fun video! I'm new to rockhounding and am learning so much from all the great channels! Agates are my favorite gem to find at the beach here in Nova Scotia, Canada.

[@baileywright1656]

I have a snakeskin agate necklace. The cracks glow white under UV light :D I was told that was what it was called, but this is the first time I have heard another souce call that. Very cool video!

[@porcupine_cake]

My great grandma lived by lake superior, and we would go agate hunting whenever we visited. I found crazy lace and fortification agate a lot, now I know the names for them!

[@purpleicicles]

Agates are some of my favourites in my collection, so I really enjoyed this video as I had no idea there were so many kinds!

[@hybridgoth]

Plume agates would have to be my favourite, I particularly like the Carey plume agates 👌

[@lordalexandermalcolmguy6971]

Love agate dad! And gemstones of course!

[@livingthelava]

You folks, your entire channel is so awesome.

[@amethyst5538]

I love agates and this has me wanting more.☺️❤️

[@WorldofRockhounds]

Nice little assortment!

[@carinaschott4181]

Fantastic episode! I would love to know more about Gobi Agates - thank you!

[@CurlyToedShoes]

Thanks for a super informative video on these beautiful, unique agates! There is an interesting agate found in the South that has an amazing wavy, flowing shape that looks like a mollusk. I believe it's called a crowley ridge agate. You might enjoy seeing those :)

[@trenton6621]

Love iris agate, fire agate, and most other agate its just beautiful

[@Evancofficial]

This is so incredible agate is one of my favorite stones

[@AeronHale]

Agates are by far my favorite category of rock. I used to collect them a lot as a kid and I also cut and polished them myself a lot of the time. Unfortunately over the years a lot of my collection has been lost. I still have a few interesting and at least a few fairly rare ones. I have a holly blue, a dendritic agate, moss agate, and a blue lace. I also have others that I've not been able to identify. Eventually I plan to get back into collecting them.

[@annes4213]

Ok my favorites are the Galaxy Stone (swear I saw Jupiter in there) and the Zebra agate. Btw- I found a Nephrite Jade stone in my back yard (so cool) and also a large piece of petrified/ agatized wood. Probably wouldn’t have recognized them if it wasn’t for all the rock hounds on KZbin!!!

[@keithyinger3326]

I really miss a friends old property. There was a creek that ran through it and we would walk up and down picking up agates and petrified wood out of it. Unfortunately the house that was there would not have been up to code today nor would it have been a legal place to build it even, but since it had been there for 50, years nobody questioned it. Unfortunately it caught fire and burned down and there is no possible way they could rebuild a house in that spot or on that property even. Not sure if I would be able to go back and wander that Creek or not but I found so many of those different types of agates. So many that I built my own rock tumbler. I found an old treadmill and took the two rollers and motor off of it. Turned it into a rock polisher that I can fit three barrels across at a time and is a lot more sturdy than any store-bought unit. The Shaded pole Motors they put on those wear out in about a year and a half of constant use. I just run this treadmill motor from a 12 volt DC Transformer and it runs at a perfect speed to roll rocks. It's almost like Christmas putting in a barrel full of dirty and scrungy looking rocks, and seeing what beauty lies beneath after a little polishing.

[@KP-ty9yl]

Wow, that's a great story :D

[@Curlysamurai]

Orpheus agate is quite impressive and rare too. I hope you can show one when you do another episode 😁

[@theschaapy16]

This was very informative and helpful! Thank you!!

[@gems]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ceeclearly6840]

Would love to see more agates...I know Montana has quite a few varieties along with Mexico and Brazil.

[@Prickly-Brew]

I have been a rockhound and grower of sacred cacti atleast 30 yrs by now. Illinois 19:08 is packed with Great Lake agates or River agates as I’ve always called them. Got to the point one day I looked over at by now what has become one full 5 gallon and a and what seemed like endless ziplock baggies. Now they are all gone! Now they and many many more since litter the soil of all my sacred plants and herbs. I like to think they both like their new arraignment

[@O0o__.]

I hope one of these days, the geologist girl here has once every week or so dedicated to explaining the chemical composition and mechanisms of formation for all the gems :)

[@topcatcoast2coast579]

Oooo dendritic. Fancy

[@DrachenGothik666]

Some great stones! I'd never seen some of those! I especially liked the Galaxy agate & rainbow Agates. Gorgeous pieces. You might want to do something about the crazy echoing in your studio that happens on occasion. Maybe invest in some sound deadening foam for your walls, & perhaps use a smaller room? I'm not a sound-engineer, so take my advice with a grain of salt. Cheers!

[@LawrenceOwen]

Indonesian moss agate is extremely beautiful. The "scenes" you can see in them, cut and polish are pure magic!

[@mariehillard1742]

My favourite stone. Thank you. From the land down under.

[@camsvideocollections9766]

Awesome video! Agate dad is a great guy, I've had some agate cut by him.

[@davidhubert949]

My favorite agates are the Bear canyon agate from Montana and vineyard agates from Germany. If i had to pick a third, would be water worn beach agates from the Skeleton coast in Namibia.

[@elohelreh]

I'm sorry you two weren't able to go to Denver with the rest of the crew and team. Looking forward to the next few videos lmaoooo

[@Algoldprospecting]

Like watching your videos. I have found some agates but none like that

[@annes4213]

Love Agate Dad - I follow his channel too!!!

[@camsvideocollections9766]

Would love to see a video just on the variety of Lake Superior Agate alone. Turkish agate is also a whole other topic.

[@cavemutt]

I watch Agate Dad, awesome channel!

[@ineffable_potentiality_01]

It would be so fun to chat with you guys about philosophy and ancient mystery, Rob you are like a smart meathead from the Archie show, and your co-host is a babe-nerd which is a mystery in itself, what a great vibe she has, can you feel the crystals radiate? Or, is that woo woo?

[@heathervannatter364]

Yay!! Exciting. Let's gooooooo!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@tracyfrederick5606]

I love agates. They're so interesting!

[@hiddengem59]

Very informative 😍🤠💯☑️

[@letitialouison7311]

Thanks to Taylor for sending his beautiful agates.♥️

[@dustinfindsrocks]

Awe man let me know if you do another agate or druzy video. I can send you awesome stuff! I’m all about the Missouri lace agate druzy quartz

[@gems]

We always like to get awesome stuff!

[@philodendron6]

Wonderful.

[@chrisbgifford7387]

Would like to hear more about laborite - Sunstone of Orgeon.

[@imari2305]

I love agates. I would love to make a tiara out of some one day.

[@AquilesCarvalho-o1r]

Obrigado por este vidioestas aghatas são fantasticamente lindas

[@jennabennett4236]

I'm in Southwest VA and we have what you call Kentucky agate here too.

[@kidcurry4107]

YAY! We want Agate 2.0!

[@Elizabeth912-v6o]

There's no such thing as too many agates that's impossible!!!!!!!!❤

[@bokunokintama5523]

Agate dad is my dad! Hi daddy I love you! No but seriously he has great quality videos and wonderful dad humor

[@deviousmousey]

id love to see dinosaur gembone included in one of your fossil and/or agate/jasper focused videos. id even send some in myself, though i only have a small collection. im sure you could find some top of the line examples in Denver or Tucson, the vendors i purchase it from attend both shows plus many others in the western US

[@gingerredshoes]

Kentucky agate, way to represent the home town! 😁

[@cesrelawrence-towner9453]

I love Agate Dad

[@KrosanBeast315]

11:52 While readily available and affordable, collectors should be WARNED: the Marcasite in Nipomo Agate Chalcedony can stain the blue Chalcedony it is in and turn the blue color to Gold over time. I have a large sphere of it, and some of the blue bands of Agate Chalcedony have turned to a Gold color.

[@ronlotan689]

Can you show and talk about the formation of polyhedroid agates, please? Thanks!

[@JoeFernald-q7i]

Girl you need to trademark that head shake

[@MichaelPhillipsatGreyOwlStudio]

I'm interested in Enhydro Agate. I had a couple of piece of that years ago and they were stolen. Very disappointing. Hopefully, one day, I'll find a piece that I like as much as those.

[@colleendeis928]

Where I live agate is EVERYWHERE. In my opinion they are very underrated!

[@KrosanBeast315]

3:33 Moss Agate and 4:15 Fire Agate are two examples of official Varieties of Chalcedony according to the G.I.A Gem Identification Lab Manual. Fire Agate Chalcedony is traditionally a MEN'S Stone, which is why you rarely see women wearing it. 4:21 Fire Agate displays Iridescence, NOT Play-of-Color. Play-of-Color is a Phenomenon reserved for Opal only.

[@breakeverychain7]

Love a good dendritic I prefer the clear with black little things

[@naturalstone7555]

I really like all of stones

[@georgeredbranch652]

My favourite gem to collect. Can be found in most countries and fairly inexpensive. Great colours and each stone is like a finger print, each slice is unique.

[@krackenagate5606]

Carnelian Agate please

[@KrosanBeast315]

14:33 Although readily available and affordable, "Blue Lace" is a TRADE NAME, not a Variety of Agate Chalcedony. If you got this on the 20 Stone Final Exam for Gem Identification(which I got once), if you put Blue Lace in the Variety/Treatment box, you would FAIL the Final Exam.

[@k.l.manring2083]

I LOVE AGATES

[@KrosanBeast315]

15:58 "Piranha" is a TRADE NAME, not a Variety Call according to the G.I.A. Gem Identification Lab Manual.

[@johnnynephrite6147]

Only agate, you really can't blame it, Only agate, geology made it, only agate Oh-oh-oh, ooh-oh Ooh, ooh-oh-ooh Ooh, ooh-oh-ooh

[@FhfVrve]

U got some from Ilfeld (central germany? Harz mountains? Small location .. and very rare to get . U cant buy them u have to go there and search them by yourself

[@deviousmousey]

is "galaxy stone" just another name for amygdaloidal basalt? or could the matrix of galaxy stone be other minerals than basalt too?

[@kingofswords2020]

I was hoping to see some Holley blue or Ellensburg blue.

[@victorreis8110]

im devastated rob’s hair long now lmfao

[@GEMSofGOD_com]

How did the first agate in, well, human civilization look like? I mean the one from the river Achates in Italy. Please, do answer ASAP.

[@GothosRedux]

Are gemstones still being formed today?

[@leannabarnard737]

Please consider investing in a light box,the gems would look more impressive than with a torch

[@markgarin6355]

Chalcedony? Layered used for Italian cameos?

[@KrosanBeast315]

16:16 "Zebra Lace" is a Trade Name, not a Variety Call for Agate Chalcedony.

[@Joseph_Hovsep]

Agate Dad!