Just ordered some Botswana agates with your code; thanks!! I will cut them and hide them at playgrounds and parks for the kids in town. Did that with geodes and our little town had a ton of kids looking!
Thank you Josh for sharing these beautiful agates! The bands BEFORE cutting were spectacular🤯! All of the cut pieces are amazing! I agree with you keeping the right half of the 4th one. It's a stunner!😊❤ The last one is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing! What a great cutting session❤
Absolutely stunning agates!! I was really conflicted as to wether or not they should be cut. I found myself holding my breath each time you did a reveal. Such fun. Thanks for sharing.
The second one, the one that is so different from the window, looks like flower petals. Like pansy flower petals. I love all of them, but that one, I think, is my favorite 😍 ❤
What beautiful colors! With the first one, the color is so even, with such a crisp pattern inside. Three, four and five had beautiful windows (?), and the bands in five have those deep bands I like so much. Is there a way of minimally polishing the outside windows without losing the texture? They might make beautiful stand up specimens, with one side polished smooth, and the other polished enough to see how what is outside carries in, but still have the original rough texture.
We were eating breakfast and Kyle started watching your video. I was about to ask if it was you, then I heard the telltale "Aye-gate" and I knew. Lol. Also, you say "What????!!!" like our 3 year old daughter when you cut open a rock and its the best thing ever. Lol. Just pure unfiltered joy.
I love the agates from Mexico, Agates from Africa can be spectacular as well. I think a lot of the fracturing happens during the extraction process, and the shipping. Great Agates either way.
Depends on the type of fractures. Most are natural or based on mining. "Human" fractures have often shattercones, sharp edges and you see free, white fissures. Natural is more smooth, colorshift by bleaching etc. dirty fractures. Transport can damage, but think about, it's a rock, so won't damage each other so easy. Mozambique tends to be brittle. They don't like much pressure or jumping while cutting or any stress and heating. This causes hairline fissures in seconds at this location. There ist lots of internal tension.
I’m new to agate dad and I love the cutting open of agates, I used to make jewelry and I love the reveal of these agates they are beautiful and exciting to learn the reveal. I have no interest in rocks per se and you have made it exciting and I have subscribed and now I watch you all the time, Great show!
I 'saw' a small boat with a sail raised up in the pattern of the 1st cut agate. @4:55, that split was so strange, as if looking a the rear side of two different women both wearing a red dress but one's was a brunette and the other a redhead. Maybe it was the lighting and the 'head colors' were actually the same . Hmmmm......
Do you really think there is someone sitting around cracking/cutting agates and put them back together for selection in low, premium grade and leave bads one for profit inside? You have a stone which filled a cavity millions of years ago. The host rock will suffer weathering, crumble away or resist till today. The agates may stay fixed in a stone wall, lay in crumbled stone/dirt or beeing transported by rivers etc. You have tectonic activities which put pressure on the stone, change in temperature, maybe ice etc. and when mining hit them with a shovel, excavator etc. Some stones break during mining actions, other did this millions of years ago. It is extrem rare to find both parts of an old broken nodule. This is an absolute natural process. Noone peaks inside; usually. In Morocco is is commen that they hit the agates with a hammer in order to seed what to exspect in order to increase the money they can claim. But this is caused by greed and a massiv nuisance. The stones suffer on this stupid behaviour. They get shattercones and cracks down to their core depening on skill and luck. This limits the options for cutting and block often the best way of cutting. You have to hope these cracks won't reach as deep as you tend/can to cut your stone. You may think you have a valueable stone by banding, color... but thacks to this behaviour the cracks reduce the value to 30% or lower and the stone may brak and damage you sawblade etc. Premium quality means colorful, fine banded, parallax, rare structures, maybe pseudomorphs or rare structures, full face/banding (not cutting in windows or something like this), no cracks and fissures and at last good finish.
Unrelated question! At 5 below there are some "Agate" incense holders. I bought one and slabbed it out on my tile saw, cabbed one out to see how it shapes and polished. I know it isn't real agate but this stuff is hard, and polished really well. I would love to see what you make of them! And any ideas as to what they actually are .. lol
If these bands made you dance 🕺 hit that LIKE button 😂
🕺 🕺 💃 💃
I love them all inside and out 😍
They all are stunning 😍
Gorgeous bands and color. ❤
Just ordered some Botswana agates with your code; thanks!! I will cut them and hide them at playgrounds and parks for the kids in town. Did that with geodes and our little town had a ton of kids looking!
That is the coolest idea! The treasure hunt for kiddos makes me smile so much. 😊
@@KS-jm9uo I posted it on the town facebook site and they had so much fun!
What a beautiful idea! ❤👍
What a wonderful way to get kids engaged and interested in rocks! We need more people like you in the world!
That is really cool, bravo 👏 excellent idea 💡!! We do need more people like you...❤
You have good luck with your rock patterns.
Wow and last one!
Thank you Josh!
These are All absolute 💯 🔥 👌 ❤
Egg it my brother! Love the cuts!
I love your videos I actually use them to help me sleep at night and they really help! Beautiful agates!
Wow first one is a banger
I love the second to last one as well the
Fantastic! I love hearing the joy in your voice when the reveal is so perfect!😅
So awesome and beautiful!
Those are FABULOUS! Holy Wow!
I'm with you every single one is different and beautiful! I never get tired of looking at them!
That last one is a straight up STUDD! 🪨 🎸 🤘
Nice!!!
SWEET is truly the right word. They are magnificent!!😊
Stunning ❤
These are all so amazing! Maybe you can take macro pics after you’re done polishing those!
Continue please ❤
I would not have been able to cut that last one. It was so beautiful just how it was.
❤😊 I love the Botswana agates!
Good!
Isn't nature a wonderful thing? So beautiful, if only everyone took the time to really look around.
The last one is phenomenal
God made some beautiful art inside those rocks ❤❤❤❤
Have to say that these are my favorites so far! Absolutely stunning! 🪄💫✨️💥
Oh! The colors!!
Thank you, Taylor, for sharing such a beauty with us. These Mosambigue agates are just fabulous! Loved them so much.👍💗
Beautiful Agates!! Those are my favorites! 🤩🤩
So much fun! ❤️
Amazing agates!!!!!!! Thank you for sharing them with us!!!!
Beautiful
Cut, cut, cut and you did. Those are some really beautiful stones.
I like all of them. Thank you for sharing these beauties.
I’m glad!
Really love the tight little bands on the 1st one, and I also love watching Josh on his Agatebay videos!
He does good work!
Wow that second one was a surprise lol
Very beautiful ❤❤❤❤
These are some real beauties. My favorite 2 is the first one and the last one. Thank you Agate Dad!
Thank you Josh for sharing these beautiful agates! The bands BEFORE cutting were spectacular🤯! All of the cut pieces are amazing! I agree with you keeping the right half of the 4th one. It's a stunner!😊❤ The last one is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing! What a great cutting session❤
They Are Gorgeous!
Loved Watching!
🌍🌎🌏
The last one looks like a light behind would be cool. It's gorgeous! Thanks for sharing. 💕😃
The first one would make a stunning pair of earings . 🥰
I think they look like ears themselves lol
@@domfishn You're right, I took a second look and they do look like an ear shape. Lol
I literally thought that after the first one. I was like those would make gorgeous earrings!!
I was the 500th like on this video! Gorgeous agates!
Thanks!!
Wow! What beauties! Thank you for sharing! 😊
Absolutely stunning agates!! I was really conflicted as to wether or not they should be cut. I found myself holding my breath each time you did a reveal. Such fun. Thanks for sharing.
Super beautiful.
aoh my!!❤ so beautiful. It's amazing how the design goes all the way through
Morning mijo....Those are gorgeous 😍 🎉🎉💜
Wow!! So beautiful 😍 ❤
You should see an agate I found today! Huge first full on agate on California coast
Those are beautiful. They are my absolute favorite.
This was absolutely thrilling!!! Gorgeous!!! Thanks for sharing👏👏
Amazing agates, absolutely gorgeous.
Wow! I’ve cut and made jewellery out of beautiful Aussie agates from Agate Creek but those are some of the nicest I’ve ever seen. Just stunning!
All gorgeous!!❤❤
wow beautiful agates
The second one, the one that is so different from the window, looks like flower petals. Like pansy flower petals. I love all of them, but that one, I think, is my favorite 😍 ❤
What beautiful colors! With the first one, the color is so even, with such a crisp pattern inside. Three, four and five had beautiful windows (?), and the bands in five have those deep bands I like so much. Is there a way of minimally polishing the outside windows without losing the texture? They might make beautiful stand up specimens, with one side polished smooth, and the other polished enough to see how what is outside carries in, but still have the original rough texture.
You and Josh are my favorites!!!!!
The third one is gorgeous!!!
The one at 6:27 is my favorite!
Wow worth the price! Please tell me some of these will be for sale on Etsy?
I like the water level banding on the first one.
We were eating breakfast and Kyle started watching your video. I was about to ask if it was you, then I heard the telltale "Aye-gate" and I knew. Lol. Also, you say "What????!!!" like our 3 year old daughter when you cut open a rock and its the best thing ever. Lol. Just pure unfiltered joy.
For me it's the holy moly. 😊 That's my own go to expression for something special.
Amazing agates. I hope to find something like that someday
I love the agates from Mexico, Agates from Africa can be spectacular as well. I think a lot of the fracturing happens during the extraction process, and the shipping. Great Agates either way.
Depends on the type of fractures. Most are natural or based on mining. "Human" fractures have often shattercones, sharp edges and you see free, white fissures. Natural is more smooth, colorshift by bleaching etc. dirty fractures. Transport can damage, but think about, it's a rock, so won't damage each other so easy.
Mozambique tends to be brittle. They don't like much pressure or jumping while cutting or any stress and heating. This causes hairline fissures in seconds at this location. There ist lots of internal tension.
Wow, they're absolutely beautiful and so fascinating!
The one at 6:27 is nice!
😍😍 این عقیقهای سلیمانی بعضیهاشون بشکلی هستن که بهترین حالت برای برش اسلایز هست👌👌 واقعاً حیرت انگیز و بینظیر هستن❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
WOW., THAT FOUTH ONE IS ANOTHER BEAUTY!!!
Those are my favorites too!
They’re REALLY nice
😂 I was watching this about midway through and saw a dog hair,,, thought it was your doggies hair but then quickly realized it was my doggies hair! 😅😂
Have you ever cut petrified wood? I’d be curious to see what it looks like.
I’m new to agate dad and I love the cutting open of agates, I used to make jewelry and I love the reveal of these agates they are beautiful and exciting to learn the reveal. I have no interest in rocks per se and you have made it exciting and I have subscribed and now I watch you all the time, Great show!
Shouting those are AMAZING 👏 👏
Looks like a ribbon! Number 1
Yes, I love them!!!
Wyckedly awesome bunch of lovely agates
I love them all. My favorites are your favorites too
Lovely batch!
Gorgeous !
Woohoo let's go
@agatedad how many cuts can you usually get out of each blade?
Wow❤
دقیقه ی 4:11 👌👌 چقدر زیبا و خوشرنگه 😍😍❤❤🤩🤩
I 'saw' a small boat with a sail raised up in the pattern of the 1st cut agate. @4:55, that split was so strange, as if looking a the rear side of two different women both wearing a red dress but one's was a brunette and the other a redhead. Maybe it was the lighting and the 'head colors' were actually the same . Hmmmm......
In the second agate you are literally looking at the flow channel from below! That’s crazy!!
Wow😍
first one looks like iris petals
Thanks for the show! Amazing as always. I was on agate at page but only see sliced agate, not rough. Am I missing a section?
What’s there is what’s there
@@AgateDadyeah. I reached out to Joshua, most of his rough goes through gem shop or highland park.
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I would leave that one too!!!
It looks like they have already been opened? Do they pre-cut or break them open to assure they have bands? Is that what makes them premium?
That is raw
Do you really think there is someone sitting around cracking/cutting agates and put them back together for selection in low, premium grade and leave bads one for profit inside? You have a stone which filled a cavity millions of years ago. The host rock will suffer weathering, crumble away or resist till today. The agates may stay fixed in a stone wall, lay in crumbled stone/dirt or beeing transported by rivers etc. You have tectonic activities which put pressure on the stone, change in temperature, maybe ice etc. and when mining hit them with a shovel, excavator etc.
Some stones break during mining actions, other did this millions of years ago. It is extrem rare to find both parts of an old broken nodule. This is an absolute natural process. Noone peaks inside; usually. In Morocco is is commen that they hit the agates with a hammer in order to seed what to exspect in order to increase the money they can claim. But this is caused by greed and a massiv nuisance. The stones suffer on this stupid behaviour. They get shattercones and cracks down to their core depening on skill and luck. This limits the options for cutting and block often the best way of cutting. You have to hope these cracks won't reach as deep as you tend/can to cut your stone. You may think you have a valueable stone by banding, color... but thacks to this behaviour the cracks reduce the value to 30% or lower and the stone may brak and damage you sawblade etc.
Premium quality means colorful, fine banded, parallax, rare structures, maybe pseudomorphs or rare structures, full face/banding (not cutting in windows or something like this), no cracks and fissures and at last good finish.
Unrelated question! At 5 below there are some "Agate" incense holders. I bought one and slabbed it out on my tile saw, cabbed one out to see how it shapes and polished. I know it isn't real agate but this stuff is hard, and polished really well. I would love to see what you make of them! And any ideas as to what they actually are .. lol
looks like butterfly wings
The last agate that was cut open, reminded me of an onion.