Porphyry Cut Open w/ Lapidary Saw // Feldspar Crystals inside!

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  • Опубликовано: 20 мар 2022
  • Join along on a fun rock cutting adventure where we grab a bunch of raw chunks of porphyry to open up and expose their inner goodness! These are some of my favorite stones to cut because, just like agates, are absolutely unique and no two are the same! I am using my 10" lapidary saw from Hi-Tech Diamond, check out their info below!
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  • @AgateDad
    @AgateDad  2 года назад +49

    Want more rock cutting?? Check out this video where I cut open a bunch of agates from AFRICA ruclips.net/video/Yv9n_DZnaJQ/видео.html

    • @cuarzorojomichoacan7050
      @cuarzorojomichoacan7050 2 года назад

      Hi you Want see my video Black and White rock

    • @kathymiller3649
      @kathymiller3649 2 года назад +1

      I have never seen this before everyone laughs at me iam always picking up rocks cant cut them though yours are beautiful

    • @BolinFoto
      @BolinFoto Год назад

      That's not long that's pretty quick.
      My great great grandfather worked at the Porphyry mine in Älvdalen Sweden and back then it took them one whole day to cut och drill 1 mm of Älvdalsporfyr :D

    • @maria1965rodriquez
      @maria1965rodriquez Год назад

      No

    • @rightsideupupsidedown1512
      @rightsideupupsidedown1512 Год назад

      Seriously I agree I wonder if he still has eight fingers and two thumbs this was a year ago never know

  • @j.r.r5863
    @j.r.r5863 2 года назад +238

    Am I the only one who gets nervous for his fingers???

    • @janekokoszko7525
      @janekokoszko7525 2 года назад +16

      I can see that he has thoroughly read his health and safety manual. The least that he should do is to find something that pushes the stone through the saw blade in the same way that woodworkers do.

    • @Wriwnas1
      @Wriwnas1 2 года назад +11

      @@janekokoszko7525 yes, plz! This is crazy scary dangerous!

    • @geneticdisorder1900
      @geneticdisorder1900 2 года назад +25

      @@oldladyfarmer7211 Meh, it’s just a diamond wheel, not like he’s using a 12” carbide rip blade.
      On another note, I wasn’t expecting the inside of the rock, to look like the outside of the rock. Thought for shur a prehistoric chicken would have been inside one of them. Sadness level 2.79. 🫠🫠🫣🤣

    • @catibree1
      @catibree1 2 года назад +9

      I kept waiting to see tips of fingers flying off here and there.

    • @smack9835
      @smack9835 2 года назад +10

      I've been cutting rocks for decades.Thiis guy is going to lose a finger tip ala Johnny Depp.

  • @cynthiaguthrie8303
    @cynthiaguthrie8303 2 года назад +23

    Porphory is underrated by many. Nice that you appreciate it's beauty

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  2 года назад +4

      I agree and happy to share its beauty

  • @GrandTreasureBay
    @GrandTreasureBay 2 года назад +25

    Agate dad's just over here saving the geology game on RUclips 🙌🔥

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  2 года назад +2

      You rock! Trying my best to spread the love for this beautiful hobby ❤️❤️❤️

    • @majdali1929
      @majdali1929 Год назад

      very true

  • @sandmaker
    @sandmaker 2 года назад +11

    They were all cool. I liked the first one that had the starburst pattern show up, but all were really good. Thanks for sharing! Be happy, safe and stay healthy 😷⚒

  • @GeodeCrackerCollector
    @GeodeCrackerCollector 2 года назад +19

    Those were all beautiful! Thanks for sharing with us. Single handedly making everyone fall in love with porphyry!

    • @CityRockhounding
      @CityRockhounding 2 года назад +2

      Right, nobody shows this awesome stuff besides Taylor!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  2 года назад +2

      Haha that’s the goal!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  2 года назад +1

      It’ll make its way into others lives ❤️

  • @dianarose4122
    @dianarose4122 2 года назад +8

    This video so relaxing to watch. The cuts you made turned out very interesting to say the least. Some of the designs to me, looked Far Eastern. I loved that look. So different. Thanks for sharing!!

  • @zanescents3986
    @zanescents3986 2 года назад +8

    Omg as a geology major student this is a dream! Pure beauty 😍also from Lake Superior area

  • @waynelacroix8870
    @waynelacroix8870 2 года назад +15

    Those are very common out here in California. We have found some that weigh over 60 lbs. They call them flower stones because of the flower pattern that show up. Depending where you are agates should show milky white and rusty red. Some are even light blue and green. Good luck to you and keep searching!

  • @elaynebrant6842
    @elaynebrant6842 2 года назад +5

    I'd be terrified of cutting my fingers off.

  • @mousemeat1352
    @mousemeat1352 2 года назад +6

    Wonderful vlog, most of us don't have a clue about the beauty we take for granted. Will never say it's just a rock again.

  • @ZeldaRosenthal
    @ZeldaRosenthal Год назад +2

    I think the one you don’t like so much is fantastic. Thank you for the video! 😁

  • @donnabeaudin9114
    @donnabeaudin9114 2 года назад +9

    I think they were all really pretty! A couple possibilities for 4:17 may be Tectonic Breccia or Orbicular Granite.

  • @kellyharper367
    @kellyharper367 Год назад

    Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: I enjoyed collecting and working porphyry. Some people don't care much for it but I see these little crystals and inclusions as nature's hand writing. A mysterious geological language to decipher and understand. Mathematics, chemistry, physics, and nature's artistry made solid.

  • @snort5203
    @snort5203 8 месяцев назад +2

    I wouldn’t mind having a kitchen counter, made out of that last one or any of them!

  • @dustbunny3824
    @dustbunny3824 2 года назад +6

    I know I'd be looking for the various letters, stars, flowers etc. The strong contrasts are best. Nice.

  • @novallasuter5265
    @novallasuter5265 2 года назад +3

    The exterior is so beautiful. I can't wait to see the inside.

  • @elishahankin6465
    @elishahankin6465 Месяц назад

    Those look like something under a microscope...so cool! ❤

  • @Tigerbearwolf8600
    @Tigerbearwolf8600 3 месяца назад

    This is becoming a favourite to watch. Would you ever do a live or real time of the cutting and polishing process?

  • @leonacrowley164
    @leonacrowley164 2 года назад +3

    All of those rocks are really beautiful

  • @reeree6682
    @reeree6682 2 года назад +1

    The first and second ones were the most diverse.

  • @arongstone
    @arongstone 2 года назад +6

    Very beautiful video. That's awesome to see the insides of rocks,
    And i also like them, its look different inside color too.

  • @trixieleigh7912
    @trixieleigh7912 2 месяца назад

    Thank you for the bucket zoom 😊

  • @berjo77
    @berjo77 2 года назад +5

    Always nice. Your vid’s have encouraged me to invest in a small tile saw. It really expands the hobby. Nice!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  2 года назад +1

      awesome! Which one?!

    • @berjo77
      @berjo77 2 года назад +1

      @@AgateDad just the smallest one sold at Harbor Freight. It’s a lightweight, but it cuts. Waiting on warmer weather with a dozen or so waiting to be cut (my shop is an unheated garage).

  • @veronicaperkins8315
    @veronicaperkins8315 Год назад +1

    I find beauty in every rock...thanks for sharing these beauties❤️

  • @dianapearson1771
    @dianapearson1771 2 года назад +1

    Wow! I see you have all ten fingers!!

  • @calvinhobbs1761
    @calvinhobbs1761 7 месяцев назад

    How cool, 15 minutes ago I did not even know what lapidary was, now I want one!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  7 месяцев назад

      Welcome to the community :)

  • @hannahknight3272
    @hannahknight3272 Год назад

    I just said "lapidary saw hell yes" out loud I'm so excited to watch this video

  • @kajifar1257
    @kajifar1257 2 года назад +5

    Im just scared u accidently cut your hand 😂😐😑

  • @patriciakaufmann2229
    @patriciakaufmann2229 2 года назад +1

    I think they are all cool!!!

  • @bigbeardog99
    @bigbeardog99 2 года назад +1

    I was already intrigued with the rock cutting then you mentioned the North Shore, my uncle lived 1 or 2 miles north of Gooseberry Falls. He too was an agate hunter. I still have a belt buckle he made and a few nice pieces he polished. I've had these a long time, he passed away in 85.

  • @smorgasbroad1132
    @smorgasbroad1132 Год назад +1

    Ha! This channel just popped up. Fun to watch for an old rock collector. I don't know a thing about which is which, if I think they're pretty I keep them. I do have several nice Petoskey stones, though. Going to keep watching. Never too late to learn something. Today I learned what Porphyry is. 👍 Subscribed.

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  Год назад +1

      Welcome to the channel! You’re exactly right, never too late!!

  • @rosemarienin9823
    @rosemarienin9823 7 месяцев назад

    Those stones could be cut thinner and used to lay them all out like a jigsaw puzzle, place a form around them, and pour some epoxy to create a fabulous table top. The thought of it makes me salivate.

  • @ravynalexander1895
    @ravynalexander1895 Год назад +1

    Thank you so much for all of your videos! Even though I am in Colorado, I am learning so much and having so much fun going on these adventures with you! I really appreciate you showing us how you cut the stones too, so when I do get to that stage, I will have your videos to reference 😊 stay safe and keep having fun!

  • @susantipsyhealy7655
    @susantipsyhealy7655 2 года назад +2

    Oh wow, I had never heard of this mineral. I need to research it more. That you for teaching me my daily lesson.

  • @janetcastellano4141
    @janetcastellano4141 2 года назад +3

    Loved the rocks they are beautiful. Even the big one . Thank you for sharing.

  • @naminaoberhausen2131
    @naminaoberhausen2131 Год назад +1

    Beautiful rocks. Liked. From Jordan

  • @bettygoldsmith5192
    @bettygoldsmith5192 2 года назад

    You make me sooo nervous watching you cut open these rocks with your hands so close to that blade! Omg! Thanks for sharing! I want a saw now!!!

  • @cobyshort3742
    @cobyshort3742 2 года назад

    Porphyry….. my new favourite 👍🏻

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  2 года назад

      Heck yeah 🤘🤘

  • @Lindaraylong
    @Lindaraylong Год назад

    They all looked cool.

  • @beckyh1369
    @beckyh1369 2 года назад +1

    I am fascinated by porphyry. I love it! Thanks for letting us watch you cut some! I thought they were all beautiful, each in its own way! The soft one seemed to be more sedimentary in nature.

  • @elizabethlewis3509
    @elizabethlewis3509 2 года назад +1

    Love learning about new specimens to look for in my hunts.

  • @sandmaker
    @sandmaker 2 года назад

    Yhere is just something mesmerizing cutting rocks to see what treasures they hold. You gor a good batch there. Thanks for sharing the treasures. Keep the goodness coming. Be happy, safe and stay healthy 😷⚒

  • @joang.cavanna2046
    @joang.cavanna2046 8 месяцев назад

    Awesome! I like the first one the best. Thanks for sharing.

  • @annemariemayr3576
    @annemariemayr3576 2 года назад +2

    They are all nice looking, somebody will have them too.
    I always was thinking to live in States with a big fireplace in house, could look great to have few there 🙏👍💖

  • @badapple65
    @badapple65 2 года назад +1

    Rock Star! There must be a cool art project of sorts to do with many rocks cut in half.

  • @dsanders755
    @dsanders755 2 года назад +1

    So glad i found your site. Very cool and interesting. Thank you.
    Blessings

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  2 года назад

      Happy you made it 🤘🤘❤️

  • @Quetzaluki
    @Quetzaluki 7 месяцев назад

    That porphyry is very pretty on the inside! I didn't think I'd like it as much as I did.

  • @MrsCynfuller
    @MrsCynfuller 2 года назад +1

    I have never seen that stone before. But then again I’m in Texas. Thank you for sharing. Beautiful

  • @debbiemeyer6396
    @debbiemeyer6396 2 года назад +2

    These rocks are beautiful even without agate in them. I can see some great cabochons coming from them.

  • @patrickpuzzo416
    @patrickpuzzo416 11 месяцев назад +1

    I love the cutting that you do on these rocks. The porphyry are surprisingly cool to me. Not a dazzling as agates. But they have their own beauty.
    I had one last week that I thought was cool. I set it on the window ledge and found out the next day my son threw it across the field across the street frome our house..... oh well, maybe next time. He was practicing his baseball pitching 😂

  • @craigmoore-wc8pd
    @craigmoore-wc8pd 2 месяца назад

    REally informative, thank you

  • @toniwilton4531
    @toniwilton4531 2 года назад +2

    Those were really pretty; especially th smaller ones! Thanks for sharing

  • @aliencat11
    @aliencat11 2 года назад

    So very pretty! I can see why you like it so much. Thanks for sharing!

  • @TheAdventureCloset
    @TheAdventureCloset 2 года назад +1

    Porphyry is so underrated. These were some amazing cuts.

  • @soniak2865
    @soniak2865 2 года назад +1

    These were the best yet!!!

  • @thundersnow8648
    @thundersnow8648 2 года назад +1

    Excellent, Soo Kool!

  • @annevanner8209
    @annevanner8209 9 дней назад

    Love 'em!

  • @IbrahimTV-eo3kf
    @IbrahimTV-eo3kf 2 года назад

    Wow amazing colors of porphyry

  • @joanrieser2580
    @joanrieser2580 2 года назад +1

    Porphyry is beautiful.

  • @patriciakaufmann2229
    @patriciakaufmann2229 2 года назад

    ALL PRETTY VERY INTERESTING!!! AT LEAST 2 OR THREE I THOUGHT WHERE, BEAUTIFUL!!! THANK YOU!!! I ENJOY ALL THE DIFFERENT KINDS YOU HAVE EACH SHOW!!!

  • @judypyle6336
    @judypyle6336 7 месяцев назад

    I think those rocks are so interesting looking before being cut.

  • @michaelboros9834
    @michaelboros9834 2 года назад +1

    Very cool

  • @MrKzane
    @MrKzane 2 года назад +8

    Of all things, I found a huge South American ruby on a beach in Deleware. That was my pinnacle of my rock hounding hobby!!! I still wonder how it got all the way up to north america...

    • @thatmeanpersononlineoffend9376
      @thatmeanpersononlineoffend9376 2 года назад

      South American like Brazil? Or southern United States?

    • @MrKzane
      @MrKzane 2 года назад +1

      Brazil. I still don't understand how it worked itself up this far north. Looking at currents the time of year etc made absolutely no sense. Now, I do remember there was a huge hurricane the week before I found it, but if anything, the storm would have pushed it more southward...definitely not northward. I'm as mystified as most of how it made it to where I found it. Stranger things...

    • @thatmeanpersononlineoffend9376
      @thatmeanpersononlineoffend9376 2 года назад

      @@MrKzane Did you have it tested to determine it was from Brazil? The reason I ask is because there are many places in the US that have rubies, even states close to DE. Another explanation could be the ruby washed out of granite that was brought up from Brazil. Many granite boulders are hauled out and used along beaches. It's not a stretch to think one or more could be gem bearing. I've seen ones in South Carolina that went from property lines all the way down into the water. The granite had feldspar all throughout it and small bits of black tourmaline.

    • @MrKzane
      @MrKzane 2 года назад +1

      @@thatmeanpersononlineoffend9376 Ironically I'm at the beach right now lol, and you should see some of my finds. I'll take pics later and send them to you. Yes was determined to have been from Soith America, most likely Brazil (which would make sense), but not assessed by a grading company. I sold it years ago, so unfortunately now we will never really know 100%

    • @thatmeanpersononlineoffend9376
      @thatmeanpersononlineoffend9376 2 года назад +1

      @@MrKzane I'd love to see them. I don't really have a social media, but I have an email that I don't mind posting though.

  • @patriciamckean4186
    @patriciamckean4186 Год назад

    So nice to see all those cut.

  • @darylvogel8991
    @darylvogel8991 2 года назад

    Amazing to see wonders inside...

  • @wojciechtreffler2204
    @wojciechtreffler2204 2 года назад

    Wow. These stones are beautiful but what they have inside is just amazing. Greetings from PL 👋

  • @jmcgovern6454
    @jmcgovern6454 Год назад +1

    Your disappointment “no” on that one rock was felt virtually. I was rooting for it to be “that one”. Still beautiful cuts ❤

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  Год назад +1

      Sometimes it happens lol sad when it does

    • @jmcgovern6454
      @jmcgovern6454 Год назад

      @@AgateDad Keeping it real with each cut and reveal makes me want to get out there and hunt. Too much snow and more to come hinders all chances. Summer can’t come fast enough.

  • @obieobrien5883
    @obieobrien5883 2 года назад

    They’re all cool looking!

  • @dianapearson1771
    @dianapearson1771 2 года назад +1

    Very cool! I've never seen anything like this before!!!

  • @Mr_blue_7777
    @Mr_blue_7777 2 года назад +1

    Some cool looking stones i love watching them get cut 😎👍

  • @rockhounderonthesheild1530
    @rockhounderonthesheild1530 2 года назад

    Ooh!!! My favorite!! 😀 very beautiful

  • @Linda-nl6co
    @Linda-nl6co Год назад +1

    Those are really beautiful 👍🙂

  • @kitakitzFarm
    @kitakitzFarm 2 года назад

    Thank you. They are Beautiful! Watching and sharing from the Philippines

  • @dennisklotz2114
    @dennisklotz2114 4 месяца назад

    Great video. Thanks for sharing.

  • @gracemccoy1970
    @gracemccoy1970 2 года назад +1

    I really like the porphyry!

  • @marywrigjt7614
    @marywrigjt7614 2 года назад

    Some looked like outer space, a couple looked like cave drawings or letter carvings. 👍👍

  • @billyjacksimmons9947
    @billyjacksimmons9947 2 года назад +1

    great looking rocks

  • @maravish2070
    @maravish2070 2 года назад +1

    I have a few porphyry stones in my collection but I can’t lie, they don’t give me the same thrill as when I find agates lol, still they are nice too look at and different than anything else out there

  • @memauch
    @memauch 2 года назад +2

    Really interesting! Actually the first time I've seen stones as they're being cut open. I find so much jasper an quartz here in CA. They decorate our yard in raw form.

  • @theresaherrrera8224
    @theresaherrrera8224 10 месяцев назад

    Those came out pretty cool 😎👌❤

  • @catherinewilliams3850
    @catherinewilliams3850 2 года назад +1

    Beautiful amazing patterns and colour

  • @nadasasa6570
    @nadasasa6570 Год назад +1

    I like all of them , so beautiful

  • @alfaalfa9764
    @alfaalfa9764 Год назад

    They are excellent gemstones I like it the transformation outside to the inside

  • @dorothygomes4654
    @dorothygomes4654 2 года назад

    Outside and inside awesome 👍

  • @mjoyparks
    @mjoyparks 2 года назад

    So much fun!

  • @rogerchurch3804
    @rogerchurch3804 2 года назад +1

    those rocks are so amazing I used to collect rocks I had so many no space for them I've seen alota rocks in my time never like those wow it's almost like they caught a little piece of the stars in them hundreds thousands of years ago kind got interested in rock collecting again .

  • @seashoremudlark3916
    @seashoremudlark3916 2 года назад

    Nice work! Luv the greens and oranges together

  • @MNpicker
    @MNpicker 2 года назад +1

    Oh my!! I almost missed this one😬 glad I didn't!! Those are some very cool looking Porphyry!! I have some I found In a farm field.. at least I think that's what it is🤔🤷🏼‍♂️ The crystals are more square.. IDK..

  • @darrenbenson2606
    @darrenbenson2606 2 года назад +1

    The first few were the best, but they are all pretty cool.

  • @edwardmcmurray9764
    @edwardmcmurray9764 2 года назад +1

    Amazing !

  • @sandybeck9192
    @sandybeck9192 2 года назад

    We are going to the North Shore this summer and to Moose Lake to look for rocks. This was very fun to watch!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  2 года назад

      Good luck when you do!

  • @bonniehawkins2979
    @bonniehawkins2979 2 года назад

    Lovely.

  • @CityRockhounding
    @CityRockhounding 2 года назад

    Awesome video Taylor. That's cool to see the insides, I also like that each one was different from the next. The contrast and colors are awesome! Thank for the inspiration man!
    Thanks for settling a question I had about cutting the one I found, done and done, going to cut it!

    • @CityRockhounding
      @CityRockhounding 2 года назад

      For some reason I love the patterns that are created when water vibrates! Like in your bucket there when the saws running. Water can do some crazy things.

  • @deniseview4253
    @deniseview4253 2 года назад

    Very interesting stone.

  • @gcegubbels4734
    @gcegubbels4734 2 года назад

    Day are all beautyful

  • @juliapolley1627
    @juliapolley1627 6 месяцев назад

    I would LOVE to have a counter top of those ❤

  • @maygodbewithus6392
    @maygodbewithus6392 2 года назад

    Them some nice ones

  • @lemhanback9595
    @lemhanback9595 2 года назад

    Those all had pretty patterns, only you imagination can limit the possibilities. Sorry you didn't find the agates you were looking for. Still some beautiful stones.

  • @patrickbutcherine142
    @patrickbutcherine142 2 года назад

    Those would be awesome guitar picks and even potentiometer knobs