Cutting Premium Arizona Agates Open!

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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/Agat...
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@AgateDad 10 месяцев назад

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 10 месяцев назад

you should rename yourself The Quartz Splitter.

@deballey5688 10 месяцев назад

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

@platynowa 6 месяцев назад

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

@PL2-Coins 4 месяца назад

Is the location open to the public?

@tammyhenson8823 Месяц назад

So just a question,…. How do you pick which way you want to cut them and get their best view?

@aunti-maim1495 10 месяцев назад

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 10 месяцев назад

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

@bar6578 9 месяцев назад

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

@candisshort8227 5 дней назад

It's soothing to watch! 😊 🤷‍♀️

@GenuinelyJodi 2 месяца назад

That all white one was pristine. Just gorgeous. Really you didn’t go wrong with those. Definitely go back to visit.

@bonniegrace6497 4 месяца назад

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.

@deboraclancy8964 8 месяцев назад

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 !!!

@sandmaker 10 месяцев назад

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

@annettereynolds6384 Месяц назад

It always amazes me how the two sides can be so different. Love watching you.

@_Its.Just.Felix_ 6 месяцев назад

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!

@kellyharper367 28 дней назад

Old Disabled House Bound Dusty Rusty Rockhound here: I cut my teeth on Arkansas quart crystals... learned to walk looking for Arizona agates... hid Boley agates from Oklahoma in my apron pockets at age 3. I was my Dad's little pebble pup... became his gemstone as I worked with him side by side in our lapidary shop. Now, this video brought back wonderful memories of my Dad! He's now a fossil and I am the molded impression of his existence. Thank you, Taylor for showing these Arizona agates! Thank you, to my Dad, for a lifetime of love, nature, science, beauty, and wonder! ❤❤❤❤

@RodneyPike 5 месяцев назад

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! 🪨

@darrinwilliams5715 10 месяцев назад

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

@thomasnaas2813 3 месяца назад

I see many comments expressing fear that lapidarists will cut themselves with their saws. The diamond saws they use don't actually cut like a regular saw, they abrade a narrow channel through the material. You can hurt yourself with them but the injury will be more like a burn than a cut and won't be very deep. Eye injury when you forget to put your safety glasses on is a bigger problem.

@lulumiller7906 14 дней назад

Did I have fun?! 👍 That purple amethyst geode when you open that you got so excited that I got so excited the neighbors can hear me yelling with excitement. Thank you for starting my day with excitement😅

@maryespeland9627 10 месяцев назад

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

@kastah 10 месяцев назад

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.

@atricewarner5705 5 месяцев назад

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 5 месяцев назад

You are so welcome!

@bluebird2472 25 дней назад

Hi I just want to say thank you for bringing a new interest into my life. I came across your videos by accident and have been watching ever since. I am currently going out and collecting rocks of my own, I don't have a saw yet but hope to soon. I am really enjoying this and my grandchildren are showing an interest too. Happy hunting and cutting.

@FallingUP8 2 месяца назад

Arizonan here, just discovered this channel yesterday and binging older episodes like this one, now I want to go look for agates and cool rocks around my state. 😊

@AgateDad 2 месяца назад

Welcome aboard!

@TheRealBambihooves 2 месяца назад

I'm fairly new, also.....I'm wondering if I'll ever get caught up! So much fun!!😅

@joang.cavanna2046 8 месяцев назад

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

@janettetippetts7942 10 месяцев назад

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!

@joeljeffery8704 10 месяцев назад

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.

@LisaSawyer-e2z 6 месяцев назад

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

@red12336 10 месяцев назад

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!

@sueagee9388 18 дней назад

He cracks me up! He really loves agates. I can SO relate! I too, worry about his thumbs slipping!

@susanellis1994 26 дней назад

So beautiful I just find it so interesting how the halves don't seem to match up. The bands look different on each side.

@erinhudson4519 5 месяцев назад

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

@CherylGannon-w8p 7 месяцев назад

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

@audraacklin9826 10 месяцев назад

Good morning agatedad.

@AgateDad 10 месяцев назад

Morning!

@tracywalton9828 6 месяцев назад

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 ❤

@ForConscience 10 месяцев назад

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

@AgateDad 10 месяцев назад

Thank you so much!

@unseelie63 8 месяцев назад

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

@hopibethelbaptistchurchpas7767 5 месяцев назад

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

@Cristina-vd7lg 10 месяцев назад

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

@lauratroxel24 6 месяцев назад

Those mossy ones look good for jewelry. They are unique

@meg2831 10 месяцев назад

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.

@kellyhollingsworth6100 10 месяцев назад

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

@grandparocky 10 месяцев назад

Love my Golden!

@debidevaney8398 10 месяцев назад

Good morning!🥹

@AgateDad 10 месяцев назад

Morning!

@LauraNielson-b3g 5 месяцев назад

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

@beckyandrew53 5 месяцев назад

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

@donnalantz7981 10 месяцев назад

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.

@danielowens7282 8 месяцев назад

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

@donnaherzig8106 10 месяцев назад

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 🎶.

@deniseview4253 10 месяцев назад

Best for last is beautiful ❤

@PatriciaMaroney 10 месяцев назад

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

@dawnwilkinson8717 10 месяцев назад

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

@maryannkom299 9 месяцев назад

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

@amandajo1013 10 месяцев назад

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

@SissyMchill1 10 месяцев назад

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.

@josealfonsofiguertroyo2816 10 месяцев назад

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

@suje8032 7 месяцев назад

Anybody else terrified he’ll cut his fingers off

@justinjacobsvacs 5 месяцев назад

😂It's a lapidary saw. It will not cut flesh unless you sit there and hold your finger on it for an extended period of time.

@shelleycovey8437 4 месяца назад

Every time I watch, I worry about his fingers!

@dromomaniac8318 4 месяца назад

Me too!

@sallyannchappell5671 4 месяца назад

Why is this on several episodes of Agate Dad? Hopefully this answers the question.

@SharonBendtsen 4 месяца назад

No because that type of saw does NOT have teeth. He has demonstrated that before

@barefootmystic1576 10 месяцев назад

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

@maggiesfarm7970 9 дней назад

I don't have a Golden Retriever but I know the life. I have a Great Pyrenees and I've been using a Furminator on her very thick coat. What a mess!! Back to rocks!

@shelleygiesbrecht4759 10 месяцев назад

5:06 is my favourite

@aunti-maim1495 10 месяцев назад

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

@paulabrandt3922 8 месяцев назад

Phenomenal ! Agates and you!

@donnaboyle669 10 месяцев назад

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

@AgateDad 10 месяцев назад

Appreciate the thought!

@troyverzani9836 10 месяцев назад

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

@AgateDad 10 месяцев назад

Heck yeah boss!!!!

@minerjohnny41 10 месяцев назад

I've been waiting all day to sit and watch

@JustineeFre Месяц назад

Those white ones are very pretty

@MarionJ67 10 месяцев назад

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

@Naomi_Boyd 10 месяцев назад

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

@YeshuaT-bm6ss 9 месяцев назад

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

@Melissa-tw2gp 7 месяцев назад

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

@elizabethlewis3509 6 месяцев назад

The little would make great earrings.

@marywrigjt7614 10 месяцев назад

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

@sherrybriggs5459 10 месяцев назад

Beautiful

@maryfreitas6484 10 месяцев назад

Hello from Kingman, Arizona 🌵

@terrellbeasley6658 10 месяцев назад

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

@AgateDad 10 месяцев назад

That’s awesome!

@dustinfindsrocks 10 месяцев назад

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

@AgateDad 10 месяцев назад

It’s been a while lol

@johnnynephrite6147 9 месяцев назад

I absolutley love this channel!

@AgateDad 9 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoy it!

@janehelbert7551 10 месяцев назад

The one at 12:59 was cool!

@dawnminard218 3 месяца назад

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

@jackfntwist 10 месяцев назад

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

@theresaherrrera8224 10 месяцев назад

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

@ravend5405 10 месяцев назад

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

@AgateDad 10 месяцев назад

Hope you enjoy it!

@janehelbert7551 10 месяцев назад

Your second favorite is my favorite!

@-hw- 10 месяцев назад

very pretty

@mumo9413 6 месяцев назад

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!

@jayburkhart1781 10 месяцев назад

morning sir. time for eye candy

@janehelbert7551 10 месяцев назад

I wouldn't have recognized those rocks as agates!

@vtx2023 10 месяцев назад

great video as always, greetings to all rockhounds😎

@elaineking7982 2 месяца назад

Hi Sufi. I agree with you. Why can’t they use a guard. I shudder each time they cut one. Keep safe.

@rockit62 9 месяцев назад

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

@zowiewilliams1097 10 месяцев назад

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.

@barb7821 8 месяцев назад

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.

@mikeymcfly1985 10 месяцев назад

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

@MEME-nm8mh 12 дней назад

Heaven ...

@kendramanuel1276 10 месяцев назад

Wonderful video 👍👍 Very beautiful Arizona stones

@AgateDad 10 месяцев назад

Thank you very much!

@maryspires7138 4 дня назад

I love watching now

@gabiilleslajosne363 8 месяцев назад

Nagyon szép fehér ❤

@darcysmith6096 2 месяца назад

Hey Agate Dad, I’m sure a MN guy, which we lived up there and finally moved to AZ I would love to find AZ agate. Where did you find we walk down by creeks that are dried up and I’ve never seen agates. I would like to know where in AZ you found. We have a rock shop in our park and I love to watch you your so good and I love your laugh it’s great

@darcysmith6096 2 месяца назад

Mesa

@DavidSmyser 2 месяца назад

Awesome!!

@barbaramiller2279 Месяц назад

Can you give a general range of where you hunted?

@johnnygary5666 10 месяцев назад

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