Are These Agates? Cutting on Lapidary Saw to Verify Identity

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  • Are these two stones agates?? We are going be cutting them on my saw to verify their identity. I was sent these possible Lake Superior agates from Cameron and Maggie and we cut each one in half to see if they are agates or not. Watch to see which one is an agate!
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  • @AgateDad
    @AgateDad  2 роки тому +53

    Thanks for watching and have an amazing day! Don’t forget to subscribe ❤️

    • @user-ns7ng6xm3p
      @user-ns7ng6xm3p 2 роки тому

      سلام من از ایران برنامه شماره دنبال میکنم خوشا زیر نویس فارسی هم ایجاد کنید با تشکر

    • @lenideguzman2250
      @lenideguzman2250 2 роки тому

      The 2nd one looks like a fetus of a dinosaur inside an egg

    • @marijap6153
      @marijap6153 2 роки тому

      Veliki pozdrav iz jedne daleke male zemlje MONTENEGRO.
      Porasla sam uz razne kamenje a nikada nisam se sjetila tako da ih odvojim da vidim kako izgledaju
      Predivno 👍👍👍👍👍

    • @user-ns7ng6xm3p
      @user-ns7ng6xm3p 2 роки тому

      دوست عزیز تشکر بابت وقتی که برای انتشار برنامه صرف میکنید خواهشا ترجمه فارسی هم برای برنامه بگذارید تشکر

    • @PheakTraASMR9999
      @PheakTraASMR9999 2 роки тому

  • @bewilderment9268
    @bewilderment9268 2 роки тому +122

    My father was a rockhound most of his life from a very young age. He passed some of that passion on to 3 of his 8 kids. He made jewelry for friends and family. One of his prized posessions, rock wise, l now have. It is a Native American ax head made of Agatized Petrified Wood. Absolutely beautiful. He always loved Agate for it's varied colors and patterns. One piece of jewelry he made for a childhood friend of ours. That friend picked out the Agate and the cut he wanted, gave it to his mother for Christmas. Every time l saw that woman dressed up, she was wearing that pendant. She loved that stone.

    • @mt.shasta6097
      @mt.shasta6097 2 роки тому +6

      Bewild Erment, loved seeing the word "rockhound." Sounds like my dad. He, too, made jewelry for family and friends. My aunt wore a big ring--a jade cabochon set in yellow gold, that he made for her. After she got it, she wore it the rest of her long life. Lots of stories of rockhounding, all fondly recalled by your post.

    • @jeremyellison2293
      @jeremyellison2293 Рік тому +1

      I’d like to see that ax head I found one at my grandparents when I was around 6

  • @amazinmason
    @amazinmason 2 роки тому +11

    at the gem club I ussd to hear people say," it's Just chert..." I say cherts can be really beatiful...one of my favorite stones

  • @Ehill315
    @Ehill315 2 роки тому +20

    I once cut a rock with a machine similar like the one you used, and I found out that it was really fun. Especially when you look at the rock and see how “Beautiful” the rock is when you cut it in half. I’m not an expert on rocks but you never know what you will find in the rocks until you cut into them. I find it’s an Art in doing so. Thank you for your video’s. I’ll continue watching them.

    • @lisajean228
      @lisajean228 2 роки тому

      Sure looks like fun to me!

  • @yoopermann7942
    @yoopermann7942 2 роки тому +6

    thats my neck of the woods, the UPPER PENINSULA of MICHIGAN has some of the most beautiful rocks around,, in my opinion that is

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  2 роки тому +1

      I’d LOVE to travel and explore there someday!

  • @benth162
    @benth162 2 роки тому +11

    Some years back I was walking in a park close to my home and saw a large rock of about 15 lbs, and knew it to be an Agate, so I took it home. It sat in our front yard for at least four or five years when an opportunity arose where I could trade some work to a company which cuts granite counter tops and got them to cut it into a large cube which weighs about 11.6 lbs which he polished to a to a smooth shine on all sx sides and it now sits in our curio cabinet in the living room.How did I know it was an agate? Agate has a peculiar aspect, in that when it is hit with a hard object it forms little half moon scars which the gray one he cut second had some of, and as you can see it is a nice agate.
    Many years ago I was four wheeling north of Mt. Shasta California, where you could pick up fist-sized agates on top the ground like it was an easter-egg hunt. I got there by traveling up Dead Indian Road out of Ashland Oregon and then making a right turn into a forest rangers four wheel drive road and went south for miles toward Shasta.

  • @CityRockhounding
    @CityRockhounding 2 роки тому +4

    Really exciting to see this video, I just cut two open that had that same waxy like spots and had a similar insides and colors. Really helpful video, because I was scratching my head on those. Thanks Taylor!

  • @kylaabegglen1275
    @kylaabegglen1275 2 роки тому +14

    Beautiful stones! That chert has really pretty banding and markings inside. Thanks for sharing Taylor!✌🤠

  • @laurar6967
    @laurar6967 2 роки тому

    You called it. You said it could be and my gosh... how lovely. Great agate cutting video. Thanks Agate Dad!❤️

  • @chance1986
    @chance1986 2 роки тому +8

    Fun to watch. And a great reveal! Both rocks look beautiful.

  • @ashconfer9827
    @ashconfer9827 2 роки тому +4

    Beautiful. I just started rockhounding this year and trying to learn as much as I can. Especially how to spot the outside skin and know. This helped and gorgeous pieces u opened. Thank you

    • @slwtgf
      @slwtgf Рік тому

      Me too!! Good luck to you..and would I love this same saw, one day - that’s cool it opens so that both sides are smooth and clean -incredible,,!! ;)

  • @calrabeyer383
    @calrabeyer383 Рік тому +4

    I love watching your videos and how excited you get.

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  Рік тому +1

      Thanks :) I’m glad you enjoy!

  • @bulletman124XXL
    @bulletman124XXL 2 роки тому +1

    Great video thanks for sharing!! Cool looking when you pop them open!

  • @catherineeldridge3039
    @catherineeldridge3039 2 роки тому

    Just gorgeous Thanks for sharing!!!! I Love Trinkit Hunting

  • @bedrockrhapsody
    @bedrockrhapsody 2 роки тому +1

    It's so exciting to see what's inside!!!!

  • @conniemyette3688
    @conniemyette3688 2 роки тому +2

    I'm a newbie to rock hounding.. thx for the knowledge. Finally I can tell an agate from chert.

  • @botryoidalbishhh3150
    @botryoidalbishhh3150 2 роки тому +53

    I read recently that “agates are the cockroach of the geology world”
    They are incredibly opportunistic and like to sneak in places.

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  2 роки тому +9

      Hahaha that’s hilarious! True I suppose

    • @johnramirez5032
      @johnramirez5032 2 роки тому

      Lovely looks

    • @rossbrumby1957
      @rossbrumby1957 2 роки тому +3

      These ones are about as attractive as roaches compared to specimens from Agate creek, and other locations around Australia. Hope you also have nice ones over there.

    • @icecream9933
      @icecream9933 Рік тому

      Chalcedony is beautiful

    • @user-et5yo6dh4l
      @user-et5yo6dh4l 9 місяців тому +1

      Ни за что бы не подумал, что внутри может быть что-то ценное😮
      Эти камни выглядят совершенно обыкновенными. Такие тысячами лежат по берегам рек и озёр - да где угодно!

  • @sitdogsit78248
    @sitdogsit78248 2 роки тому

    It is always so amazing to find them!

  • @johnramirez5032
    @johnramirez5032 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks for that. Im not a rock hound but i do find it intresting

  • @GREEKEXPLORERS
    @GREEKEXPLORERS 2 роки тому +3

    Amazing video my friend, thank you for sharing it with us!!

  • @thegemstonecapitaldenzthen970
    @thegemstonecapitaldenzthen970 2 роки тому +2

    I love collecting stones too.. Nice one

  • @justjulee9135
    @justjulee9135 2 роки тому +4

    I loved both rocks! So beautiful inside!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  2 роки тому +2

      I totally agree!

    • @justjulee9135
      @justjulee9135 2 роки тому +1

      @@Godwinpounds4333 I'm good. And you?

  • @TredecimRocks
    @TredecimRocks 5 місяців тому

    I'm impressed with how steady you must hold your hands. Doesn't look like you get bad saw marks all over when you cut!

  • @judyhobday4760
    @judyhobday4760 2 роки тому +6

    going to have to rethink what an agate looks like. Oregon beach agates are an entirely different animal. But good to see what you find when you cut into what i would have passed up.

  • @lemhanback9595
    @lemhanback9595 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for sharing, both were beautiful indifferent ways. Yep I'd make something with them both. For me it's about colors and patterns. If I think it's cool maybe someone else will too.

  • @codyrose1511
    @codyrose1511 2 роки тому +2

    Beautiful rocks!

  • @lindareese4579
    @lindareese4579 Рік тому

    Wow!! How beautiful!!

  • @patriciamckean4186
    @patriciamckean4186 Рік тому

    Love the wonder of cutting....first to see!!!

  • @laurabryfogle7516
    @laurabryfogle7516 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you! That was cool

  • @botryoidalbishhh3150
    @botryoidalbishhh3150 2 роки тому +2

    Nice way to start that week Taylor!

  • @snort5203
    @snort5203 9 місяців тому +1

    I always think of the cool countertops your agates would make!

  • @RockhoundTreasurehunt
    @RockhoundTreasurehunt 2 роки тому +3

    Very cool pattern splash once cut open!

  • @stonedpicker5627
    @stonedpicker5627 2 роки тому +6

    Game changer. Take your lapidary saw to the beach… The possibilities…

    • @jenniferi7196
      @jenniferi7196 Рік тому +1

      I told my family I was bringing my wet saw camping with us the last time we went! Lol
      They wouldn't let me :-/ 😅

  • @janettetippetts7942
    @janettetippetts7942 10 місяців тому +1

    Beautiful!

  • @familycookingchannel7122
    @familycookingchannel7122 2 роки тому +3

    Beautiful stones

  • @MontanaRockMom
    @MontanaRockMom 2 роки тому +6

    Videos like this are so fun... the gray blue was unexpected inside, very pretty. Happy Holidays

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  2 роки тому +2

      Fun cutting a couple maybes and getting a couple beauties!

  • @Martin-yf8cv
    @Martin-yf8cv 2 роки тому +3

    Very interesting video. I'm now a new subscriber. Looking forward to watching future videos

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  2 роки тому

      Thanks for joining!

  • @tenaedmonson1213
    @tenaedmonson1213 2 роки тому +1

    They are beautiful!

  • @helencalnan.30
    @helencalnan.30 Рік тому

    Beautiful Rocks.The surprise is on the inside.

  • @glenn5903
    @glenn5903 9 місяців тому +1

    Wow! Both were pretty.

  • @deniseview4253
    @deniseview4253 2 роки тому +2

    Both rocks are beautiful!

  • @sandmaker
    @sandmaker 2 роки тому +2

    Cool cuts. Love the colors. Be happy, safe and stay healthy 😷⚒

  • @linaldoandrade8800
    @linaldoandrade8800 2 роки тому +2

    Beautiful show

  • @marywrigjt7614
    @marywrigjt7614 2 роки тому

    The chert looked like “spirits”. Beautiful stones. 👍👍

  • @user-hm6bn6kw6k
    @user-hm6bn6kw6k 4 місяці тому

    Great way to start the morning!

  • @northernminnesotasasquatch2532
    @northernminnesotasasquatch2532 2 роки тому

    BEAUTIFUL!!

  • @landonhoward416
    @landonhoward416 2 роки тому +1

    Super cool!

  • @wyomingadventures
    @wyomingadventures 2 роки тому +2

    Sweet chert! You just never know what you find cutting a rock in half.

  • @raystevens687
    @raystevens687 2 роки тому +1

    Another fine job on your cutting and the other things you. I would to say that 2nd rock looks like you need 12X12 inches so a person could tile there floors. But I don't know if there any thing that big to do that so the next good thing is just polish it and add it to the collection. I'm going now thanks Ray 😊

  • @MNpicker
    @MNpicker 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome stuff!! I'm liking that chert😎

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  2 роки тому +1

      Cheers fun! Doesn’t get a fair shake sometimes

  • @GeodeCrackerCollector
    @GeodeCrackerCollector 2 роки тому +2

    Suhweet video brother! The chert is super gorgeous!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  2 роки тому

      Right?? I have a nice piece of banded chert I need to polish, it’s so pretty

  • @patrickbeaton6697
    @patrickbeaton6697 2 роки тому +2

    coooool, the left side of the chert looks like a lizard head huntin'(cause that's what lizards do haha), yellow spot is the eye. 🦎 enjoyed the vid Taylor 👊

  • @nildamarquez9946
    @nildamarquez9946 9 місяців тому +1

    Nice 👍. I airways expect that both sides mirror each other, but there are some differences. Still beautiful to me. Blessings 🙏❤️🥰

  • @alexanderbalucan3288
    @alexanderbalucan3288 Рік тому +1

    Nice that you view it before you cut the stone

  • @paigelee6321
    @paigelee6321 2 роки тому +2

    Awesome 😊💙✌🏻

  • @camillepujanes7539
    @camillepujanes7539 2 роки тому +1

    So beautiful

  • @obieobrien5883
    @obieobrien5883 2 роки тому +4

    Short and interesting

  • @myunknownland9272
    @myunknownland9272 10 місяців тому +1

    Lovely.

  • @rynanalextoysandtravel3166
    @rynanalextoysandtravel3166 2 роки тому +1

    Love to watch your video

  • @ronaldalbert1751
    @ronaldalbert1751 2 роки тому

    Thank you for letting me know what's in these rocks

  • @xseption
    @xseption Рік тому

    Those were both beautiful

  • @tanyd6627
    @tanyd6627 Рік тому +1

    i love rocks as much as you do buddy!i

  • @user-hm6bn6kw6k
    @user-hm6bn6kw6k 4 місяці тому +1

    Rock at 2:39 is a scene from a movie: far off source of light--moon?--fireworks or explosions, etc. Gorgeous!

  • @whygowegabusch120
    @whygowegabusch120 9 місяців тому

    We found a bunch of those red ones on a trip to the UP a few months ago. I cut one open and it looks exactly like the one you cut. I wasnt sure if that is agate or not. Cool stuff.

  • @VijayGoswami-dl9vp
    @VijayGoswami-dl9vp 4 місяці тому +1

    Very nice 👍

  • @ladyday1
    @ladyday1 2 роки тому +3

    OMG I have a number of Northern California stones I'll send you ...would love to see the inside of a few of mine Q!!!

  • @user-jx9qv5in9l
    @user-jx9qv5in9l 3 місяці тому

    I like that people send things to you to cut!

  • @kirbycraft9325
    @kirbycraft9325 2 роки тому +4

    Maybe I'm too easily pleased, but an agate is an agate. Plus to my understanding they are a lot rarer in the U.P.. I have several mottled agates, and they have their own character. I really like the roll of the chert banding. Not many agates even do that. Also I thought that the first one might even be Orange Granite, so I probably wouldn't have even picked it up; I've been fooled SO many times by it, but maybe I need to look a little closer in the future. Thank you.

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  2 роки тому +1

      Doesn’t hurt to bring a few extra home just for cutting fun

    • @kirbycraft9325
      @kirbycraft9325 2 роки тому

      Yea, I'm looking at getting a dremmel tool , mainly for some of my Jaspers, but I do have a couple of agates that if cleaned up a bit would look a lot better; mainly the ones from my L.C. gravel road.

  • @diamondhunterTv5
    @diamondhunterTv5 9 місяців тому +1

    Amazing rockhounding agate hunting 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @lengaignejosette3048
    @lengaignejosette3048 2 роки тому +2

    J'aime les pierres 👍💕

  • @markhosbach9420
    @markhosbach9420 2 роки тому +2

    Agates get all the glory, but love that chert.

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  2 роки тому

      That’s because they’re the best lol that’s only my opinion though 😅 I do love a lot of other minerals though

  • @patriciakaufmann2229
    @patriciakaufmann2229 2 роки тому

    Short it sweet finds!!!

  • @glenn5903
    @glenn5903 11 місяців тому

    Wow! Looks like moss!

  • @DavidJones-rm3ln
    @DavidJones-rm3ln 2 роки тому +1

    Amazing

  • @jesseellis7298
    @jesseellis7298 3 місяці тому

    I love this sort of chert! Agatey but not agate by the definition, but just gorgeous.

  • @katiea8014
    @katiea8014 4 місяці тому

    Incredible

  • @camsvideocollections9766
    @camsvideocollections9766 2 роки тому +2

    Holy smokes batman! Haha those are wild! That chert I certainly didn't expect anything like that inside but Wow! So much going on it both. Thank you so much!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  2 роки тому +1

      Yeah the chert was beautiful!

    • @camsvideocollections9766
      @camsvideocollections9766 2 роки тому

      @@AgateDad absolutely! That agate was found in the water on the Keweenaw Peninsula, up at copper harbor, Maggie found it just glowing in the sunlight that morning, where most of the stone there is brown / red iron staining so this thing popped out like a neon light in the water!

    • @jenniferi7196
      @jenniferi7196 Рік тому +1

      How can you identify "Chert"

    • @camsvideocollections9766
      @camsvideocollections9766 Рік тому +2

      @@jenniferi7196 Chert is a type of Jasper, so it will always be opaque and light wont shine through it like agate. Chert is typically a greyish blue or a brown sandy color and although they can have some banding and swirls of such but its not the self organized structure that takes place in agate

    • @jenniferi7196
      @jenniferi7196 Рік тому

      @Cams Video Collections thank you. So I wonder if a lot of what I'm finding in the water here in FL is chert vs agatized coral 🤔 I wish I could post a picture

  • @CelticDruidess1
    @CelticDruidess1 Рік тому

    That chert is amazing!

  • @carmenevans7651
    @carmenevans7651 2 роки тому +1

    The chert was particularly interesting.

  • @yudiandikas1780
    @yudiandikas1780 2 роки тому +1

    Very nice

  • @Turner.1
    @Turner.1 2 роки тому +1

    Cool,I like your setup,

  • @rockandfound
    @rockandfound 2 роки тому +1

    I have found a black one much like the grey on with the same color brown but streaked out here in the Mohave.

  • @chesscrater6331
    @chesscrater6331 2 місяці тому

    cool stuff.

  • @inoroshii
    @inoroshii 11 місяців тому

    The second one has dragon inside with gold eye ❤ amazing👏

  • @aliencat11
    @aliencat11 2 роки тому +2

    The chert is beautiful. As is the agate.

  • @redskulltreasurehunter1658
    @redskulltreasurehunter1658 2 роки тому +1

    Wow nice

  • @glenn5903
    @glenn5903 11 місяців тому

    Wow!!!

  • @margiebrown7436
    @margiebrown7436 2 роки тому +3

    That first one looked like a moss agate. 🥰

  • @bratadette8603
    @bratadette8603 9 місяців тому

    I love that chert.
    I see wolf and eagle in it.

  • @calrabeyer383
    @calrabeyer383 Рік тому

    My family takes camp trips to copper harbour and we have so much fun.

  •  2 роки тому

    good video, my friend!

  • @rileyscofield764
    @rileyscofield764 2 роки тому +2

    What up dad I was just wondering the size specs of the rocks to cut because I have found many rocks that I suspect to be agates but I can only tell if it is cut, there are probably about 15-20 rocks that I have yet to identify and I think you could help me with that. Thanks Father of the Agates!

  • @kennethgreene7139
    @kennethgreene7139 4 місяці тому

    It is very cool

  • @bedrockrhapsody
    @bedrockrhapsody 2 роки тому

    On camera the chert has a slight purple tint they are both gorgeous!

  • @mdemaciel
    @mdemaciel 2 роки тому +1

    Sensacional!!!!

  • @bluetickbeagles116
    @bluetickbeagles116 Рік тому

    I’m in awe of the SIZE of the agates in Michigan and Lake Superior. Makes our pea size Pacific Ocean beach agates look like pinheads Lol….still addicted to the hunt though…we have the clear white agates out here. ❤ Love your vids.

    • @wrencoe4016
      @wrencoe4016 Рік тому

      You’re not looking in the right places then. Hint: summer 1956 river phoenix blueberry pie eating contest where the pioneers park.
      I’ve pulled out ones bigger than a basketball and lots of softball sizes.

  • @audraacklin9826
    @audraacklin9826 2 роки тому +1

    The one piece of Chert looks like a light at the end of a tunnel. 😁

  • @robertr4193
    @robertr4193 7 місяців тому

    That gray one looks almost like it has a ghost image of a gold fish in the area where you were pointing out the bands.

  • @mariafebaardebofill2826
    @mariafebaardebofill2826 2 роки тому +1

    I have agates stones collection beautiful

  • @idahogemlady8017
    @idahogemlady8017 2 роки тому +2

    I love agates. Personally agates are the best