Cutting Premium Arizona Agates Open!

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  • Опубліковано 19 лис 2023
  • I cut open a bunch of Arizona agates and many of them ended up being premium agates with parallax banding! These agates were found by me on my trip to Arizona earilier this year and many of them are available on my Etsy store! Check out my store, saw, and polishing unit linked here: linktr.ee/AgateDad
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  • @AgateDad
    @AgateDad  6 місяців тому +17

    All the polished agates shown at the end of the video are available on my Etsy store! All the equipment I used is also linked here linktr.ee/AgateDad

    • @jayburkhart1781
      @jayburkhart1781 6 місяців тому

      you should rename yourself The Quartz Splitter.

    • @deballey5688
      @deballey5688 6 місяців тому +1

      Dude, I think you got goosebumps when you opened that while agate! 😀

    • @platynowa
      @platynowa 2 місяці тому

      What did you do with that elongated that produced two almost symmetrical pieces at 4:58? It would make nice, big earrings.

    • @PL2-Coins
      @PL2-Coins Місяць тому

      Is the location open to the public?

  • @bar6578
    @bar6578 5 місяців тому +11

    Why am I addicted to agates now? I cant stop watching!!

  • @bonniegrace6497
    @bonniegrace6497 Місяць тому +1

    Picked many beautiful rocks in AZ desert for several years. Amazing colors, arrowheads, lead shot balls, and a Herkimer diamond. Best time of my life.

  • @aunti-maim1495
    @aunti-maim1495 6 місяців тому +4

    I can definitely tell that you are from the Midwest, you're so polite even when you don't really like agates or rocks that aren't particularly agate like you say "oh well that's kind of a nice rock too but just not what I wanted but it's very nice"

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  6 місяців тому +1

      I usually can find beauty in most things, but that’s just being positive lol ❤️

  • @sandmaker
    @sandmaker 6 місяців тому +9

    Cut, cut, cut! Who doesn't like that. So many beautiful faces exposed. You did good and so did the Cab King.

  • @deboraclancy8964
    @deboraclancy8964 4 місяці тому +3

    I'm a newbie and so excited to have found you tonight !!! Growing up (60+ years ago, my dad did all of this. I still have a butterfly pin that he made my mother, made from gold stone ( I think that's what you call it...looks like glitter). We used to go to the rock quarries, climb up on top of the river rock piles and hunt for hours. My dad nicknamed me his Rock hound pebble puppy !!! Such wonderful memories !!! Thank you so much for sharing your craft !!! You found some real beauties !!!

  • @red12336
    @red12336 6 місяців тому +2

    I love agates I’m so glad I just found your channel. It’s so cool watching you. I can’t wait to show my husband he’s going to freak!

  • @darrinwilliams5715
    @darrinwilliams5715 6 місяців тому +3

    You weren’t lying when you said premium agate. Those were some killer agates!! This video was a pleasure to watch.😎😎

  • @RodneyPike
    @RodneyPike Місяць тому +1

    How cool! I never thought about agate in Arizona. I fly out Monday for my first rock hounding adventure there. Thanks for the video. Your channel rocks! 🪨

  • @user-ks8jz6ok9f
    @user-ks8jz6ok9f 4 місяці тому +1

    So many beautiful agates! So many awesome videos on your channel. Thanks for sharing

  • @kastah
    @kastah 6 місяців тому +3

    There was some beuties in there, even that most of them had`nt any colors. They looked so "clean" and was good for the eye to look at.

  • @hopibethelbaptistchurchpas7767
    @hopibethelbaptistchurchpas7767 Місяць тому

    Neat. I haven't understood parallax banding till that small one. That was great. Some of those were fantastic.

  • @user-ez9py8ws1n
    @user-ez9py8ws1n 3 місяці тому +1

    Those white ones are so pretty that would make some pretty earrings and necklaces

  • @joeljeffery8704
    @joeljeffery8704 6 місяців тому +1

    Looks like a return trip to Arizona in the future. Fantastic cutting and polishing of those beautiful little gems. Thanks for sharing. Peace be with you and be safe.

  • @_Its.Just.Felix_
    @_Its.Just.Felix_ 2 місяці тому

    I still think you saved the best for last! of course, I really like the mossy sort of one's myself so all the colors and shapes in the last one was my fav!

  • @audraacklin9826
    @audraacklin9826 6 місяців тому +2

    Good morning agatedad.

  • @joang.cavanna2046
    @joang.cavanna2046 4 місяці тому +1

    Everything was awesome! Love watching you cut - you're so excited. The polished agates were great. You so such great videos. Thank you.

  • @ForConscience
    @ForConscience 6 місяців тому +2

    You are doing an amazing thing here! I love it! Inspiring!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  6 місяців тому

      Thank you so much!

  • @janettetippetts7942
    @janettetippetts7942 6 місяців тому +1

    I'm so glad you have so much fun with this hobby. I love watching your videos and seeing how beautiful each of them are. Thanks for sharing with us!

  • @maryespeland9627
    @maryespeland9627 6 місяців тому

    I love that you get so excited when youcut these stones open!

  • @minerjohnny41
    @minerjohnny41 6 місяців тому

    I've been waiting all day to sit and watch

  • @atricewarner5705
    @atricewarner5705 Місяць тому

    I’m a crystal lover. I stumbled upon your content recently and oh wow. Also I’m visually impaired so THANK YOU for describing everything.

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  Місяць тому

      You are so welcome!

  • @debidevaney8398
    @debidevaney8398 6 місяців тому +1

    Good morning!🥹

  • @Cristina-vd7lg
    @Cristina-vd7lg 6 місяців тому +3

    Love the video.... always enjoy when you do the cutting ❤

  • @elainelear4982
    @elainelear4982 6 місяців тому +1

    When I hear ' Oh my gosh' I know it's going to be good.

  • @maryfreitas6484
    @maryfreitas6484 6 місяців тому +1

    Hello from Kingman, Arizona 🌵

  • @maryannkom299
    @maryannkom299 6 місяців тому

    Polished slim slabs of these beautiful white agaited would make awesome Christmas ornaments

  • @unseelie63
    @unseelie63 4 місяці тому

    Love love love it! So many pretties.I had not seen the parallax banding before,what a fabulous effect! Really enjoying these videos

  • @jackfntwist
    @jackfntwist 6 місяців тому +1

    I love how you call them egg-its. Lol.

  • @Operocks
    @Operocks 6 місяців тому

    Great cuts, great video! An 'out west' rockhounding trip is definitely on my bucket list!

  • @tracywalton9828
    @tracywalton9828 3 місяці тому

    The second batch you cut open, the one that you liked the most all white with the bands. I thought it looked like a key hole ❤

  • @SissyMchill1
    @SissyMchill1 6 місяців тому +1

    I remember when you came out here to Arizona. Loved watching you find some of these rocks. I believe mostly fire agates. Was it as Saddle Mountain that you found these beauties? Asking cause I struggle to find mountain agates. And go to saddle mountain very often. Just went today. It was amazing due to the rain we had. And many fire agates were ver visible. Thankfully they hadn’t been picked up. I love the rose pattern calcedony. But struggle to find just regular agates. You have some Very very pretty finds.

  • @johnnynephrite6147
    @johnnynephrite6147 6 місяців тому

    I absolutley love this channel!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  6 місяців тому

      Glad you enjoy it!

  • @erinhudson4519
    @erinhudson4519 Місяць тому +1

    The "pure white ones" at the end look like wings

  • @danielowens7282
    @danielowens7282 5 місяців тому

    I love the "I'm a band man" quote - great stuff!

  • @zowiewilliams1097
    @zowiewilliams1097 6 місяців тому

    Love your videos mate I just wanted to say 10:37 that owl is so ignorant lol it’s such a grate agate but the owls 🦉 to busy being nosy at whatever is behind him 😊can’t wais for the next video take care mate.

  • @donnaherzig8106
    @donnaherzig8106 6 місяців тому

    I really liked the red mossy looking cuts, especially the ones that also had bands and small geodes. What an amazing day. TY for sharing 😊
    PS lived the background music 🎶.

  • @ravend5405
    @ravend5405 6 місяців тому

    Hey I just watched that video yesterday, Perfect timing! Definitely planning on a winter trip down south this year🎉❤

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  6 місяців тому

      Hope you enjoy it!

  • @lauratroxel24
    @lauratroxel24 2 місяці тому

    Those mossy ones look good for jewelry. They are unique

  • @grandparocky
    @grandparocky 6 місяців тому +1

    Love my Golden!

  • @dawnwilkinson8717
    @dawnwilkinson8717 6 місяців тому +1

    Wonderful!! I loved the one that was a geode too. I admire from afar the amazing beauty you reveal in the rocks you cut and polish. I go to Etsy to see the end results but as tempted as I am and even if you posted to UK I could not environmentally justify posting a rock across an ocean - but I'm tempted. lol

  • @meg2831
    @meg2831 6 місяців тому

    Those all white ones are just so beautiful! Well I mean they all are but the white ones are a different level of beautiful. They just look so clean. Just different shades of white.

  • @barefootmystic1576
    @barefootmystic1576 6 місяців тому

    I'm down here now collecting them❤ they are just beautiful! And such a surprise in every one!!

  • @Naomi_Boyd
    @Naomi_Boyd 6 місяців тому

    15:24
    Build a golem out of all of the bad rocks you've cut over the years and use those for the eyes.

  • @jayburkhart1781
    @jayburkhart1781 6 місяців тому +3

    morning sir. time for eye candy

  • @donnalantz7981
    @donnalantz7981 6 місяців тому

    Wow those were all so amazing. Love the white. And yes I know what it's like to have a golden retriever. I have a very large male. I miss him all the time.

  • @kellyhollingsworth6100
    @kellyhollingsworth6100 6 місяців тому +1

    That is a premium batch even the mossy stones are cool they have character all their own.

  • @janehelbert7551
    @janehelbert7551 6 місяців тому

    Your second favorite is my favorite!

  • @karensartain
    @karensartain 6 місяців тому

    You make me soooo nervous as you cut them….especially the really small ones…I so value my fingers, not sure I could do that 😆 And then you open them and ai can’t wait for you to cut the next one! 🤣🤣 Stay safe & cut on!

  • @paulabrandt3922
    @paulabrandt3922 5 місяців тому +1

    Phenomenal ! Agates and you!

  • @deniseview4253
    @deniseview4253 6 місяців тому

    Best for last is beautiful ❤

  • @amandajo1013
    @amandajo1013 6 місяців тому +1

    I'll be heading to NM sometime in the next few oaths and I CANT WAIT to get some.agates from there!!

  • @user-jx9qv5in9l
    @user-jx9qv5in9l Місяць тому

    The white ones are amazing it's hard to see them but once you polish them it was easier.

  • @dianetapper2900
    @dianetapper2900 3 місяці тому

    I didn’t know there were agates in the AZ desert! I’m in MN in the summer (on a lake) and AZ in the winter. I’ve been a rock hound I think since I started walking, always had a sunburned neck in the summer walking the shores looking for agates. Where in the desert do you look and what are you looking for? Do,you dig for them or just find them in the top of the ground? I know what a MN agate looks like but I’m not familiar with the ones in AZ. Help! I love watching your videos, especially when you get so excited when you open them! Love it!

  • @nitawynn9538
    @nitawynn9538 6 місяців тому +1

    I think the last one is really pretty, but my standards are probably lower than yours! 😁

  • @weiner1414
    @weiner1414 6 місяців тому

    Love this!

  • @janehelbert7551
    @janehelbert7551 6 місяців тому

    I wouldn't have recognized those rocks as agates!

  • @vtx2023
    @vtx2023 6 місяців тому

    great video as always, greetings to all rockhounds😎

  • @PatriciaMaroney
    @PatriciaMaroney 6 місяців тому

    Wow. I think that last one is so interesting and unusual. So I guess it's just all personal taste.

  • @terrellbeasley6658
    @terrellbeasley6658 6 місяців тому

    Love the variety of agates you cut I've been able to identify a ton more agates now

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  6 місяців тому

      That’s awesome!

  • @joanrieser2580
    @joanrieser2580 6 місяців тому

    Wow, some of those are gorgeous ❤❤

  • @MrHedgefrog
    @MrHedgefrog 6 місяців тому

    5:00 ....WOW ,Glorious .

  • @dawnminard218
    @dawnminard218 3 дні тому

    Agate Dad I'm just watching some of your replies. That white one with the bands It is shaved like a seahorse.😊

  • @beckyandrew53
    @beckyandrew53 2 місяці тому

    The kast cut held horizontally looked like a landscape with a tree on the left.

  • @troyverzani9836
    @troyverzani9836 6 місяців тому +1

    Just wait till your next trip! Lol big geodes....

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  6 місяців тому

      Heck yeah boss!!!!

  • @YeshuaT-bm6ss
    @YeshuaT-bm6ss 5 місяців тому

    The agate on time line 3M56S looks like a Seahorse great video I'm interested in finding some I don't really know what to look for but I guess I will find out thank you for the great video

  • @josealfonsofiguertroyo2816
    @josealfonsofiguertroyo2816 6 місяців тому +1

    You put that in tumbler
    With grinder silicuo carbide and the put tin
    Oxide and they polished teal good I ben working for 30 uears ago.snd no more .in Costa Rica we
    .have a beatifully bsnd
    Agate

  • @sherrybriggs5459
    @sherrybriggs5459 6 місяців тому +1

    Beautiful

  • @kendramanuel1276
    @kendramanuel1276 6 місяців тому

    Wonderful video 👍👍
    Very beautiful Arizona stones

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  6 місяців тому

      Thank you very much!

  • @shelleygiesbrecht4759
    @shelleygiesbrecht4759 6 місяців тому +1

    5:06 is my favourite

  • @MarionJ67
    @MarionJ67 6 місяців тому

    That blue chalcedony agate. Found lots . I'm in AZ. Lots of it here in AX

  • @goupigoupi6953
    @goupigoupi6953 4 місяці тому

    You know the guy really loves stones when each of them is "oh my gosh, that's so cool... that is sweet, soo preeetty".

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 місяці тому

      I sure do love agates ❤️

  • @theresaherrrera8224
    @theresaherrrera8224 6 місяців тому +1

    Oh wow to many to pick for my favorite....😮❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @marywrigjt7614
    @marywrigjt7614 6 місяців тому

    I’m always amazed different regions of the earth produce different shapes. 👍👍❤️

  • @donnaboyle669
    @donnaboyle669 6 місяців тому +1

    Exquisite agates, will go to Etsy. Hopefully I can purchase

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  6 місяців тому

      Appreciate the thought!

  • @janehelbert7551
    @janehelbert7551 6 місяців тому

    The one at 12:59 was cool!

  • @aunti-maim1495
    @aunti-maim1495 6 місяців тому

    some of the tiny agates would make great earrings or cufflinks if you slab them

  • @-hw-
    @-hw- 6 місяців тому +1

    very pretty

  • @lynnrandal317
    @lynnrandal317 6 місяців тому

    Also have an amazing Thanksgiving 😊

  • @lorrieanneswan6509
    @lorrieanneswan6509 Місяць тому

    I like his reaction because I would react the same way with my voice, of course......😊

  • @Melissa-tw2gp
    @Melissa-tw2gp 3 місяці тому

    The ones at 2:43 look like vanilla ice cream cones!

  • @mumo9413
    @mumo9413 2 місяці тому +1

    Please don't get to commercial with "correct" cuts! SO many clients will go with the energy, power & spirituality of the stones. Whatever applies to them, their situations, clients etc. Love that you trust your gut...yeah! Follow that feeling! Boom!

  • @mikeymcfly1985
    @mikeymcfly1985 6 місяців тому

    Looks like 4th of July Butte Agates? Nice vid!

  • @dustinfindsrocks
    @dustinfindsrocks 6 місяців тому

    That shadow banding though! Wow! Yeah it's been a minute glad you cut these. Who knew?!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  6 місяців тому

      It’s been a while lol

  • @simadey8092
    @simadey8092 5 місяців тому

    I love your Video ❤

  • @gabiilleslajosne363
    @gabiilleslajosne363 5 місяців тому

    Nagyon szép fehér ❤

  • @elizabethlewis3509
    @elizabethlewis3509 3 місяці тому

    The little would make great earrings.

  • @lynnrandal317
    @lynnrandal317 6 місяців тому

    I'm amazed by all the unique premium Arizona agates and I have not been able to find any agates except fire agates and Chalcedony 😅

  • @shelljw
    @shelljw 6 місяців тому

    These are so pretty, I love collecting rocks, they amaze me and what's inside always fascinated me. I've always wanted a cutting wheel,, but seeing as my support workers won't let me use a knifes - even a butter knife on a super shaky day is a NO go.
    I adore that little geode that was at 8.53 I don't know why but that one's just grabbed my attention
    Anything with blues, purples, pink hues get me too.
    I love the last one. It's like an ink blot!
    I'm going to see the Etsy store.
    How old do you think those are? As in how long to form? THANKYOU so much for the video and your effort!

  • @wendydurrant7691
    @wendydurrant7691 6 місяців тому

    I love your videos! May i ask why the bands are so important.

  • @bryttani113
    @bryttani113 4 місяці тому

    I love the little one that looks like an ice cream cone! Is it available for purchase? I'm fairly obsessed! 😍

  • @rockit62
    @rockit62 5 місяців тому

    Have you looked at them under black light? If not, you might find some amazing colors.

  • @activedogzz100
    @activedogzz100 18 днів тому

    Ok little guy is epic

  • @barb7821
    @barb7821 5 місяців тому

    So much to see and be seen. I can hardly keep up. I am not sure about viewing on rock rock. I may be left out but I will try it. I think you may be moving out of my league…more shall be revealed.

  • @johnnygary5666
    @johnnygary5666 6 місяців тому

    Great cuts, those are rocks from my area, I have lots of rocks and so that look like agates, but I can’t cut them open for see what’s inside them. I didn’t think they would look like that inside. Hopefully one day I will cut them

  • @girlnextdoor369
    @girlnextdoor369 6 місяців тому

    AWESOME!!! I am a total rookie....how would one know those are agates by looking at the outside? I would be oblivious to these being agates....

  • @cakesbywen
    @cakesbywen 6 місяців тому +1

    Whereabouts in AZ? Next time I go home I would love to try!!!

  • @FindingPebbles
    @FindingPebbles 6 місяців тому

    Nice 😀

  • @andersonferreiradasilva2692
    @andersonferreiradasilva2692 6 місяців тому

    Só peças topi!!!! Vai dar lindos Cabochoes!!!!❤❤❤❤

  • @gothcheese
    @gothcheese 5 місяців тому

    I was wondering what part of AZ you found these in? I live in AZ and would LOVE to go agate hunting and find some agates like these.