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

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  • 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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КОМЕНТАРІ • 226

  • @annmartinez1323
    @annmartinez1323 10 днів тому +22

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

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  10 днів тому +1

      This video should help with that:
      ua-cam.com/users/shortsqf8abF5eVbU?si=WQtS1DLjjxpF92PS

    • @barbarablink5951
      @barbarablink5951 9 днів тому

      I sure do!

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  9 днів тому

      ua-cam.com/users/shortsqf8abF5eVbU?si=WQtS1DLjjxpF92PS

    • @STR8L8CED
      @STR8L8CED 4 дні тому +1

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

    • @joannac9194
      @joannac9194 17 годин тому

      Crazy

  • @NickatLateNite
    @NickatLateNite 10 днів тому +63

    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".

  • @rickschlosser6793
    @rickschlosser6793 10 днів тому +25

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

  • @rethamoore4282
    @rethamoore4282 10 днів тому +14

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

  • @sbabromines800
    @sbabromines800 10 днів тому +16

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

  • @lettielou4148
    @lettielou4148 10 днів тому +19

    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.

  • @merk9569
    @merk9569 11 днів тому +17

    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
      @RockhoundingLife  11 днів тому +5

      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
    @TeCe1358 10 днів тому +13

    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
      @RockhoundingLife  10 днів тому +3

      That is awesome!

    • @k.t.rabbit9552
      @k.t.rabbit9552 10 днів тому +9

      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
      @freeleonardpeltier4148 7 днів тому +1

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

    • @candieschonauer4083
      @candieschonauer4083 5 днів тому

      I love this seeet sweet story

  • @lisahart5682
    @lisahart5682 10 днів тому +18

    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
      @brendacorrigan8947 День тому

      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
    @judyherman1249 9 днів тому +5

    What an absolutely gorgeous find! ❤

  • @gaylesimper9311
    @gaylesimper9311 10 днів тому +18

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

  • @ThePeasantsCottage
    @ThePeasantsCottage 11 днів тому +10

    This rockhound is sooo envious!😍

  • @kathleenfrances8808
    @kathleenfrances8808 10 днів тому +7

    Showroom shine!

  • @westerlywinds5684
    @westerlywinds5684 10 днів тому +16

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

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  10 днів тому +2

      Check this video out on saw safety:
      ua-cam.com/users/shortsqf8abF5eVbU?si=WQtS1DLjjxpF92PS

    • @zerowhite2286
      @zerowhite2286 9 днів тому +3

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

    • @madeleinegombert661
      @madeleinegombert661 9 днів тому +2

      I also held my breath watching.

    • @joshbrowne1768
      @joshbrowne1768 7 днів тому +6

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

    • @AndrewKazmierski
      @AndrewKazmierski 6 днів тому +1

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

  • @HWCism
    @HWCism 10 днів тому +9

    Love seeing the inside out outside. Thanks

  • @pennymurdock4507
    @pennymurdock4507 10 днів тому +7

    Beautiful ❤

  • @sandmaker
    @sandmaker 9 днів тому +3

    Beautiful rock and a nice polish. Thanks for sharing.

  • @user-hr3tx6uu9o
    @user-hr3tx6uu9o 9 днів тому +4

    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!

  • @maryrichmond
    @maryrichmond 10 днів тому +3

    They are so beautiful.

  • @davidwaller7095
    @davidwaller7095 11 днів тому +5

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

  • @leslyeschoenhuth1107
    @leslyeschoenhuth1107 10 днів тому +6

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

  • @joemuro692
    @joemuro692 11 днів тому +7

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

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  10 днів тому +3

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

  • @adrienamolinek1559
    @adrienamolinek1559 5 днів тому +1

    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
    @NickAcker2019 11 днів тому +4

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

  • @lindakilmer2548
    @lindakilmer2548 9 днів тому +2

    What a great score!!!

  • @deniseview4253
    @deniseview4253 9 днів тому +2

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

  • @bryandunkel
    @bryandunkel 6 днів тому +2

    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 !

  • @9fiveb180
    @9fiveb180 3 дні тому +1

    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
    @alanatolstad4824 11 днів тому +7

    You clearly enjoy your hobby.

  • @user-qr5vb3vm6e
    @user-qr5vb3vm6e 9 днів тому +2

    Almost a geiode cavity, nicely done.

  • @pamelar3607
    @pamelar3607 8 днів тому +1

    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.

  • @Bonnie-ww7mr
    @Bonnie-ww7mr 11 днів тому +3

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

    • @warshrine8635
      @warshrine8635 11 днів тому +2

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

  • @nancymoran2180
    @nancymoran2180 11 днів тому +6

    It's beautiful.

  • @jonnsgirl
    @jonnsgirl 11 днів тому +4

    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
      @RockhoundingLife  11 днів тому +2

      So cool!

    • @janeenutley3167
      @janeenutley3167 5 днів тому

      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
    @rushrunner7 11 годин тому +1

    Just magnificent!

  • @Bebecat477
    @Bebecat477 10 днів тому +4

    Nice!

  • @reginaldwigglebottom4731
    @reginaldwigglebottom4731 10 днів тому +7

    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
      @RockhoundingLife  10 днів тому +6

      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
    @JADEALEXANDRITE 9 днів тому +2

    Gorgeous 😍

  • @RonniBatchelor
    @RonniBatchelor 11 днів тому +5

    Ellensburg blues look like that.

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  11 днів тому +4

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

  • @rendaowe
    @rendaowe 6 днів тому +1

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

  • @kathrynwilliamson8631
    @kathrynwilliamson8631 2 дні тому +1

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

  • @grizzlybear4
    @grizzlybear4 5 днів тому +1

    What a find!

  • @sherrybriggs5459
    @sherrybriggs5459 6 днів тому +1

    So beautiful

  • @taleandclawrock2606
    @taleandclawrock2606 7 днів тому +2

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

  • @kenijonesESQ
    @kenijonesESQ 11 днів тому +3

    Nice !!

  • @PapasGems
    @PapasGems 10 годин тому +1

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

  • @jonasgeez2140
    @jonasgeez2140 8 днів тому +1

    Oh wow what a nice stone how cool

  • @janicejackson2016
    @janicejackson2016 4 дні тому +1

    It's beautiful

  • @hopalstudiosjuliehattis
    @hopalstudiosjuliehattis 11 днів тому +5

    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
    @Silasposton 6 днів тому +1

    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 UA-camrs to follow while I was in the hospital. Can’t wait for more as the weather is finally getting better!🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @cherb_soco1891
    @cherb_soco1891 8 днів тому +1

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

  • @Rickristian
    @Rickristian 13 годин тому +1

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

  • @roxannsejkora1691
    @roxannsejkora1691 11 днів тому +5

    Very unique and beautiful! 💜

  • @rockseeker5299
    @rockseeker5299 День тому +1

    Great video!

  • @patriciashields4069
    @patriciashields4069 6 днів тому +1

    So cool!

  • @amandawitherspoon3988
    @amandawitherspoon3988 7 днів тому +1

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

  • @possiblyfrankbutnotreally
    @possiblyfrankbutnotreally 7 днів тому +1

    what an awesome looking agate

  • @gmariet1391
    @gmariet1391 2 дні тому +1

    Beautiful !

  • @dudemcx1077
    @dudemcx1077 5 днів тому +1

    Sweet!

  • @kellyharper367
    @kellyharper367 8 днів тому +1

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

  • @pollyhelms5910
    @pollyhelms5910 10 днів тому +1

    Beautiful!!

  • @ChristopherJones_terptime_
    @ChristopherJones_terptime_ 8 днів тому +3

    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.

  • @marymcguffin9370
    @marymcguffin9370 3 дні тому +1

    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
    @GoodWoodWorks-le4cd 3 дні тому +1

    Lovely! Great video!

  • @amyohl5037
    @amyohl5037 11 днів тому +5

    Look at that!!❤😊

  • @johnlord8337
    @johnlord8337 8 днів тому +1

    A good option is connecting up with Jason UA-cam 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
    @ageorgiapeach9442 5 днів тому +1

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

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  5 днів тому

      No worries! I always will: ua-cam.com/users/shortsqf8abF5eVbU?si=WQtS1DLjjxpF92PS

    • @ageorgiapeach9442
      @ageorgiapeach9442 5 днів тому

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

  • @queenbvalerie7858
    @queenbvalerie7858 2 дні тому +1

    Awesome !!!

  • @cathyshannon7523
    @cathyshannon7523 5 днів тому +1

    Beautiful

  • @pamelajohnson2659
    @pamelajohnson2659 5 днів тому +1

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

  • @Jane_Dow
    @Jane_Dow 8 днів тому +1

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

  • @majestic1222
    @majestic1222 11 днів тому +6

    Way Cool 👍

  • @Zealor365
    @Zealor365 7 днів тому +1

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

  • @seankennedy1377
    @seankennedy1377 8 днів тому +1

    Smoke of the Ancients.

  • @michelleangers342
    @michelleangers342 11 днів тому +5

    Wow!!!💙

  • @katrinthorsdottir7514
    @katrinthorsdottir7514 11 днів тому +3

    That’s a gorgeous agate!❤❤❤

  • @barry7608
    @barry7608 3 дні тому +1

    Nice

  • @VeneraBerens
    @VeneraBerens 5 днів тому +1

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

  • @richarddavies7419
    @richarddavies7419 10 днів тому +2

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

  • @johnhampshire25
    @johnhampshire25 11 днів тому +4

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

  • @user-lo5tg9jn6f
    @user-lo5tg9jn6f 5 днів тому +1

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

  • @MysticNightCalls
    @MysticNightCalls 10 днів тому +1

    Beautiful stone.

  • @kirsiselei8703
    @kirsiselei8703 11 днів тому +4

    Wow 😍absolutely gorgeous❤👋🇫🇮

  • @joane.landers9151
    @joane.landers9151 11 днів тому +3

    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
    @the.nerdy.mermaid 11 днів тому +4

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

  • @thesacredmom2784
    @thesacredmom2784 8 днів тому +1

    Look like a fantasy crt screen

  • @nitaclem6762
    @nitaclem6762 10 днів тому +4

    So how will you make pendant out of rock?

  • @sonjaanderson5998
    @sonjaanderson5998 5 днів тому +1

    Interesting

  • @JensensAdventures
    @JensensAdventures 11 днів тому +3

    Very nice!

  • @SunilSunil-iq6dz
    @SunilSunil-iq6dz 10 днів тому +1

    Nice 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾❤️❤️❤️

  • @msandigail
    @msandigail 10 днів тому +1

    The first half you shared looks like Washington state!!

  • @trip95125
    @trip95125 9 днів тому +1

    Will you show us your collection, some time soon?

  • @glennquagmire1747
    @glennquagmire1747 8 днів тому +1

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

  • @angef9687
    @angef9687 9 днів тому +1

    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
      @CricketsBay 2 дні тому

      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
    @ypcomchic 6 днів тому +1

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

  • @SnowTiger45
    @SnowTiger45 7 днів тому +1

    Looks like Chalcedony (agate).

  • @sandrathompson1807
    @sandrathompson1807 4 дні тому +1

    what do you use to cut with

  • @dn2817
    @dn2817 5 днів тому +1

    It Looks like the shape of washington state

  • @janewasson4845
    @janewasson4845 9 днів тому +1

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

  • @seanhardy4108
    @seanhardy4108 5 днів тому +1

    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
      @RockhoundingLife  5 днів тому

      Sure. You can email me at rockhoundinglife@gmail.com