It must be a nice feeling to think that these stones were close for millions of years and now you open them to show their beauty. How they smell. This autor was close and now it is spread in the air. It is like another creation. It is wonderful.
Every time I watch one of your videos, my face gets close to the screen to see the gems up close. So many could be turned into amazing pieces of jewelry. 🥰
My 8 year old son and I watch your shows all the time. He calls your agate geodes, Ageodes. 😅 We love your show. It's very informative. We are from California and love looking for treasure rocks. Thank you! My son wants me to give you a bunch of hearts ❤❤❤❤❤
Nice to see new videos...I watch you so much I keep running out of new videos to watch of yours....thanks for your refreshing videos...God Bless You and yours....
I love your videos so much. What an extraordinary way to live life, to find the hidden artwork of nature. So many surprises. Today I ordered an agate, I fell in love when I saw multiple colors. I will treasure it. It makes me feel like a tiny mouse in a grand universe. ❤❤
This was a joy to watch. Congrats on your beauties. Even the fractures given these character, they are ancient after all. I got a Malawi agate from your store a while back and keep it on my desk at work. I sometimes just stare into its depth and turn it in the sunlight. It's very soothing to have such immense beauty in a small package.
I get more pleasure and satisfaction from watching your reactions to the newly cut stones than the videos themselves. I really LOVE to watch them esp on days when I’m feeling a bit down as it’s like watching an excited child opening their Xmas presents (no disrespect intended). Thank you so much for sharing this little bit of joy with the rest of the world…. It has a much bigger impact than you realise as your thrill, delight and passion with these agates is so infectious (and so is your laugh btw), and I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels this way! 🤗
How is it that some of the agates are not symmetrical in color when cutting through them. Specifically the one at 3:18 is orange on one side and yellow on the other. Are the two colors separated by transparent layer that we don’t see and actually not part of the same chunk?
Hmm, it's like cutting a hard-boiled egg in half. Even if you cut RIGHT down the middle, the yolk might be more on one side than the other, and that can make it look different.
@@sarahschaeffer1247 this makes a lot of sense. I wasn’t accounting for the amount that transparency would affect the two sides. I also wonder if the cutting process grinds away enough that also affects the symmetry. If the cutting blades also impact it.
This was a beautiful collection. My favorite 3 have to be the ones you showed last, before you polished them, but they are all lovely. Thanks Agate Dad! ☺️
My face when I see you uploaded another video 🤗 My face while you are hatching agates 😮 My face when the video ends and you say bye 😢 Looking forward to the next batch of gorgeous rocks! 😅
so beautiful the first one wasand the one at 6....and at 8.36 quit nice and the one at 10.20, had been stunning if not two half ones, even the one at 13.45 was mostly with white/greyish colors, the pattern was beautiful, liked it a lot, and the inside with those colors at 15.08, gorgeous. some of the not so fab had some charm. and polished, the was shining like stars.
I love watching you cut open the agates. I watch 4 or 5 of your videos every day. It just is a joyful experience to see all the beautiful treasures that are revealed.❤😊❤
How gorgeous! Although I was worried you were just going to zoom through the cutting (understandably, there were a lot), I just love hearing your reactions to the beauty you discover! Your pleased chortling makes my day. Thanks for a great batch! 💖
😮 Fantastic cutting session!❤ Malawi agates do not disappoint!😊🥰 Thanks for sharing and thanks for all your hard work, even though it looks like tons of fun!😁
Loving the content! They are all so stunning when you get them open, I'm partial to the ones with orange bands. Thanks for sharing your excitement with us! Sending love. ❤
Amazingly lovely batch you got this time; it's hard to pick out a favorite. The first long one, and the smaller orange one polished up beautifully. The pale one with the orange dot in the middle was unusual. The smaller, defined orange dot surrounded by quartz looks like a tiny flower. Do you ever decided you just missed a pocket, then go back to cut a little more until the pocket is exposed?
Gosh I do love Malawi Agates, definitely bought the 5lb bag of Malawi Babies from Gem Shop after I first saw you cut them! Speaking of Gem Shop - get yourself a pound or two of their Montana Moss B Grades, I have been having a BLAST with them! They’re not the most colorful but gosh, the bands and the moss that creeps into some of them - they’re gorgeous! (I have two YT shorts posted showing them if you’re curious!)
I’m not new to rockhounding but I am very new to cutting/polishing, and I wondered why most UA-camrs almost always cut their small pieces in half rather than try to get 2 or more cuts? I’m did my first few in one cut, mainly because that’s what I’d seen done but also because I was just getting used to my machine (tile saw with thin blade). I now make cuts depending on how I think it’ll be, and often make an off-centre cut then decide how many more to make. Maybe it’s all about what the end product will be. I enjoy your vids and you’re one of my favourite subscriptions. Cheers.
Agates are usually cut in halves in the center, biggest face or to avoid cracks/windows or best option for a nice face (parallax, banding, pseudomorphs or other structures etc.). Cutting slab after slab is frown upon the most serious agate collectors. Most hate slabs and some even don't like any damage like windows etc. on the back. Cut a nice specimen down to some slab is more popular in the US in order "to increase the value". In Europe or Asia it will cut down the value incredible. 50% and more. Slabs are more fragile, more expensive (you have to cut it two times and perhaps polish both sides), may loose color which is often based on optical depth etc. You will risk a valuable stone for perhaps more profit but often at cost of beauty. You only go for slabs when you try to improve a face when the quality is not really good and there is a chance for a better one. Or in the case of a flat and long body like you have with seam agates. And at last when your plan is to cut cabochons where you start with a slab. When you go for the center you have the best chance of recut in case. Starting from the back may ruin your specimen because the banding usually opens up to the center and you will slice it down for nothing. Compare it with onions. Cut the in ther center will show several layer, but cut them on the edge will show just one or two wide and boring layers without "banding" The center may but rotten, but you don't see it. You waste time for cutting and lifetime of your blade.
That was great! So many beautiful stones, so interesting. Seeing them polished was a treat. I had an idea-- I realized I had no idea the location of Malawi (assuming a country in Africa). Maybe when you have these imported rocks, you could show on a globe or map where they came from. I don't think I'm the only viewer who's a bit sketchy with geography. Now I'm gonna do the Google and find out!. Take care!
How beautiful were those ugly nodules?!
Very beautiful agates
They are all so GORgeous!!😊 Thank you for sharing your beautiful rock's and your joyful laughter 😊
Gorgina!!❤
The second one looked like a coyote! I know where I'm going now! ETSY!
So beautiful ❤️
It must be a nice feeling to think that these stones were close for millions of years and now you open them to show their beauty. How they smell. This autor was close and now it is spread in the air. It is like another creation. It is wonderful.
Every time I watch one of your videos, my face gets close to the screen to see the gems up close. So many could be turned into amazing pieces of jewelry. 🥰
Thanks!
Thanks so much!!
I prefer the mystery box style of opening these with you and hearing your excitement
My 8 year old son and I watch your shows all the time. He calls your agate geodes, Ageodes. 😅 We love your show. It's very informative. We are from California and love looking for treasure rocks. Thank you! My son wants me to give you a bunch of hearts ❤❤❤❤❤
I'm sorry, THAT IS SO CUTTEEEE, u sound like a good parent AWWWW
The hoard is increasing! Some definite keepers 🤩
Nice to see new videos...I watch you so much I keep running out of new videos to watch of yours....thanks for your refreshing videos...God Bless You and yours....
I love your videos so much. What an extraordinary way to live life, to find the hidden artwork of nature. So many surprises. Today I ordered an agate, I fell in love when I saw multiple colors. I will treasure it. It makes me feel like a tiny mouse in a grand universe. ❤❤
Thank you for sharing with us. So many beauties ❤️
This was a joy to watch. Congrats on your beauties. Even the fractures given these character, they are ancient after all. I got a Malawi agate from your store a while back and keep it on my desk at work. I sometimes just stare into its depth and turn it in the sunlight. It's very soothing to have such immense beauty in a small package.
God's creation is so beautiful. Love we you should these beauties.
That blue quartz is gorgeous
Wow, these are all so beautiful! Nature rocks! Thanks so much for sharing, Taylor!
Glad you like them!
Really beautiful
I get more pleasure and satisfaction from watching your reactions to the newly cut stones than the videos themselves. I really LOVE to watch them esp on days when I’m feeling a bit down as it’s like watching an excited child opening their Xmas presents (no disrespect intended). Thank you so much for sharing this little bit of joy with the rest of the world…. It has a much bigger impact than you realise as your thrill, delight and passion with these agates is so infectious (and so is your laugh btw), and I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels this way! 🤗
WOW! I Love those! SO lucky! Especially love the ones that look like their own living landscapes!
I absolutely love the whites and browns/oranges. Absolutely beautiful
Thank you.I had fun.They were all very all of them very interesting and beautiful
How is it that some of the agates are not symmetrical in color when cutting through them. Specifically the one at 3:18 is orange on one side and yellow on the other. Are the two colors separated by transparent layer that we don’t see and actually not part of the same chunk?
Hmm, it's like cutting a hard-boiled egg in half. Even if you cut RIGHT down the middle, the yolk might be more on one side than the other, and that can make it look different.
Its the clarity, how the light passes through is different on one side because the colored section is thinner
@@sarahschaeffer1247 this makes a lot of sense. I wasn’t accounting for the amount that transparency would affect the two sides. I also wonder if the cutting process grinds away enough that also affects the symmetry. If the cutting blades also impact it.
This was a beautiful collection. My favorite 3 have to be the ones you showed last, before you polished them, but they are all lovely. Thanks Agate Dad! ☺️
Cut, cut, cut! Great cuts with only a couple of missed. Super polish on all of them. Thanks for sharing.
My face when I see you uploaded another video 🤗 My face while you are hatching agates 😮 My face when the video ends and you say bye 😢 Looking forward to the next batch of gorgeous rocks! 😅
So beautiful. Thanks for including us on the adventure.
All I see are really pretty earrings
Those are beautiful! What a surprise! Remember I love the reveal.❤
11:39 my bubbles
WOW! The first one! These are going to rock!
So so pretty! Alright you talked me into it I’ll buy more Malawi agates 😍
😂
What fun! Thanks for sharing with all of us!
Thanks!
WOW, thank you so much!!
The one at 5:99 was nice.
Every cut is beautiful to me ❤
The very last one was my favorite. Looks like flowers in the middle.
Such beauties! Thanks for sharing 😊
Wow, absolutely beautiful! Love watching these.
so beautiful the first one wasand the one at 6....and at 8.36 quit nice and the one at 10.20, had been stunning if not two half ones, even the one at 13.45 was mostly with white/greyish colors, the pattern was beautiful, liked it a lot, and the inside with those colors at 15.08, gorgeous. some of the not so fab had some charm. and polished, the was shining like stars.
I love watching you cut open the agates. I watch 4 or 5 of your videos every day. It just is a joyful experience to see all the beautiful treasures that are revealed.❤😊❤
the first one was a beautiful surprise!!!
How gorgeous! Although I was worried you were just going to zoom through the cutting (understandably, there were a lot), I just love hearing your reactions to the beauty you discover! Your pleased chortling makes my day. Thanks for a great batch! 💖
These agates are amazing! So beautiful. The first one, orange and white, is my favourite. ❤
😮 Fantastic cutting session!❤ Malawi agates do not disappoint!😊🥰 Thanks for sharing and thanks for all your hard work, even though it looks like tons of fun!😁
Yes that was an excellent batch! I love the bands! And the crystal, and the courts, and the husks, well I just love it all!
Agates - more than just bands! Love them thank you for sharing.
One of your best cutting videos! Thanks!
6:13 a slice of that one would make a GORGEOUS pendant for a necklace
Not a dud in the batch!😍
Loving the content! They are all so stunning when you get them open, I'm partial to the ones with orange bands. Thanks for sharing your excitement with us! Sending love. ❤
Wow!!! So beautiful ❤
They polished out so beautifully is it hard to learn to polish correctly?
Wow.. some of those are amazing , love when you cut and show polished thank you ❤
Old Disabled House Bound Dusty Rusty Rockhound here: Those are a beautiful lot of colorful nuggies! I dig those mirror finishes!
Wow! So beautiful! 😊
I learn so much, watching where you cut the rocks. And the reveal is always so exciting!
The rainbow heart one !!!!! 😍😍😍
Yep I’d keep the last also. YEA I’D SCREAM FOR AGOTS TOO…well you might as well know I drooled on my iPad!!
It definitely makes me happy
did you see the fox face in the one cut?
Amazingly lovely batch you got this time; it's hard to pick out a favorite. The first long one, and the smaller orange one polished up beautifully. The pale one with the orange dot in the middle was unusual. The smaller, defined orange dot surrounded by quartz looks like a tiny flower. Do you ever decided you just missed a pocket, then go back to cut a little more until the pocket is exposed?
The one at 9:51 is my favorite so far.
Like your clips, i love beautiful agates. Thank you! Also the music is very special, who is this?
Lots of different artists, can’t remember their names
liked the one at 8:51 is nice.
Love just watching! 😍
Fabulous job, as always , Taylor! I really enjoyed this video! Thank you!
Gosh I do love Malawi Agates, definitely bought the 5lb bag of Malawi Babies from Gem Shop after I first saw you cut them!
Speaking of Gem Shop - get yourself a pound or two of their Montana Moss B Grades, I have been having a BLAST with them! They’re not the most colorful but gosh, the bands and the moss that creeps into some of them - they’re gorgeous! (I have two YT shorts posted showing them if you’re curious!)
Thanks for the tips!
Love gemology! Wowzers, what a haul! STUNNING!❤
They are magnificent love your videos
Loved the show! Thanks from Brazil. Awesome!!
Excellent work as always.
Thank you. Loved all of them. Great results.
Ви, як завжди знаходите дуже гарні агати. Мені вони подобаються.
This is so amazing I’m obsessed
A beautiful batch!
9:52 😮that’s GORGEOUS!!
I take it back, the one 14:12 is my favorite!
They're not ugly once so ever ! Maybe I'm that weirdo rock hound that sees nodules as beautiful inside and out ! Great video taylor
wait.... you have AGATE crocs? no way.
I actually applauded the last one!
Absolute stunners. I'm going to have to get some of those.
🙌
I want to know that where did you get your rocks?
He bought them online just google them , “Malawi geodes” and the rough rock per pound will show up.
Malawi
I couldn't do that. If I had two halves, I'd HAVE to keep them together, even if one were better than the other. It'd be like separating kids 🙂
Love this 😂
they look like they have a flame on the inside. mysterious and beautiful.
Can't wait anymore
❤❤❤
These were beautiful I love the tinies that chocolate agate was fabulous I would love to have one. They were all so unique and interesting.
So gorgeous
Amazing video!! Thanks for sharing!!
All of them are beautful
I gasp for the two you choose to keep half or whole
They all look amazing
I’m not new to rockhounding but I am very new to cutting/polishing, and I wondered why most UA-camrs almost always cut their small pieces in half rather than try to get 2 or more cuts? I’m did my first few in one cut, mainly because that’s what I’d seen done but also because I was just getting used to my machine (tile saw with thin blade). I now make cuts depending on how I think it’ll be, and often make an off-centre cut then decide how many more to make. Maybe it’s all about what the end product will be. I enjoy your vids and you’re one of my favourite subscriptions. Cheers.
Agates are usually cut in halves in the center, biggest face or to avoid cracks/windows or best option for a nice face (parallax, banding, pseudomorphs or other structures etc.). Cutting slab after slab is frown upon the most serious agate collectors. Most hate slabs and some even don't like any damage like windows etc. on the back. Cut a nice specimen down to some slab is more popular in the US in order "to increase the value". In Europe or Asia it will cut down the value incredible. 50% and more. Slabs are more fragile, more expensive (you have to cut it two times and perhaps polish both sides), may loose color which is often based on optical depth etc. You will risk a valuable stone for perhaps more profit but often at cost of beauty. You only go for slabs when you try to improve a face when the quality is not really good and there is a chance for a better one. Or in the case of a flat and long body like you have with seam agates. And at last when your plan is to cut cabochons where you start with a slab.
When you go for the center you have the best chance of recut in case. Starting from the back may ruin your specimen because the banding usually opens up to the center and you will slice it down for nothing. Compare it with onions. Cut the in ther center will show several layer, but cut them on the edge will show just one or two wide and boring layers without "banding" The center may but rotten, but you don't see it. You waste time for cutting and lifetime of your blade.
I had to pause at 13:00 and tell you how hard I laughed when you cued the "falling in love" movie romance music for that 2nd to last agate.
What is the machine called used to split them?
That last one was so sweet!
I have to invest in one of those saws
Beautiful agates
I think I'm going to make a small Christmas and only decorate with agates. Agate Dad you should do this. If you did already I'd love to see pics.😊
Definitely a surprise to me thdt these turned out so awesome,!
That was great! So many beautiful stones, so interesting. Seeing them polished was a treat. I had an idea-- I realized I had no idea the location of Malawi (assuming a country in Africa). Maybe when you have these imported rocks, you could show on a globe or map where they came from. I don't think I'm the only viewer who's a bit sketchy with geography. Now I'm gonna do the Google and find out!. Take care!
Save all the ones that break or look odd or whatever & set them inside big blocks of clear resin as paperweights & bookends.