This Hound makes the difficult look effortless. Takes long hours of ground recon, many hundreds of dollars spent on quality gear, and most of all ,the experience of working thousands of rocks. He has thrown more rocks away than I will ever produce!
No rock or mineral is ever a waste. They're all beautiful in their own way. Wether we use them and cut and polish or if they're just sitting in my garden, or on my shelf.
@@robertlint4742I’ve done the same over many years. Lots of quartz, granites, rhodochrosites and who knows what beach and river stones. Every stone is a tiny piece of history
Thanks Rob! It's rare I can find a sagenite so clear. Usually has some color in it or is more milky white. I should have put it in a nicer setting but my daughter claimed it and wanted it as a keychain.
What an incredibly diverse hobby rock and mineral collection is. Seeing the process from collection to manufacturing just adds to its overall beauty! Much respect to you sir!
Thanks Nick! I agree. There's something about knowing where a stone comes from that makes the experience of making or owning lapidary jewrlry that much better.
As someone on the fossil collecting side there’s so much new things to learn and do. That’s what’s great about this hobby, you’ll never master all of it, there’s always something new to learn.
@@toneenorman2135 No need to worry, tonee, the diamond blade won't hurt him or anyone who cuts stones. The rim of the is smooth all around, unlike a circular saw with its jagged points all around the blade. Many years ago when I was teaching lapidary and the use of the diamond saw, I would turn the unit ON, place my thumb on the turning/running blade the turn the unit OFF & show that my thumb was undamaged. Hope this puts your mind at ease.
@@alienonion4636 yes, with Opal and many other colourful gems. I particularly love opal because before it was formed, the sea was there millions of years ago. No two are the same. It never came from a volcano, some of them are good, say diamonds!
what a beautiful stone. I too brought some rocks with me out of the river that runs through Missoula, Mn. I brought them with me to Germany because I was so fazinated by their beauty. I wonder who would make something beautiful out of them.
You can easily switch chains on it to be a pendant. When i eventually sell items like this in our store i will supply both a key chain ring and a pendant chain.
That was awesome to watch!!! Being zero schooled in geology, I assume the straws you were talking about were the crystal looking lines? If so could they have become full fledged crystals in time? Nature is the most incredible thing ever. A nondescript rock on a beach turned into a beautiful piece in the hands of someone with the knowledge just amazes me. Thank you for sharing your passion!
The straws in tbis stone used to be the crystals of another mineral, likely a zeolite. Quartz replaced the zeolite mineral but took the shape of the zeolite crystal and left behind a more durable mineral. A similar process to how petrified wood is formed.
We love to beachcomb for rocks along the N. Calif coast. What we have done with our "treasures" is put them in a narrow rectangular container with water, set them by a window, and enjoy the sun shining through. I really enjoyed seeing your creativity and eye for finding novel uses for the rock. This has got me thinking about uses for our "finds" Many thanks for sharing. I enjoy woodworking and making gifts for friends and relatives.
These stones can be found at many Loch side/s in Scotland, I just wished I had the skill of what you have to create that peice of art you created! Well done!
Scotland and Nova Scotia (New Scotland), where i am from, used to be joined together in the supercontenant Pangae. We have a lot of the same rock and lithology.
Don't be put off! Anyone can learn this skill! It's not even hard exactly, just...fiddly, lol! It helps to have lot of attention to detail, a steady hand, and of course, LOTS of patience! Of course, the equipment that you see here is a bit of a killer....but you can do the same thing with much cheaper equipment. It'll just take a lot longer, is all. Better equipment just speeds up the process and makes it easier. See if there's a local lapidary club that you can check out. The people there are often super stoked to talk about their hobby and give you advice on how to start. :D
That was so cool with the hay like crystal pattern inside. I can't believe it's just polished and that's the actual surface of that pattern. Who knew a rock looks like that!
Wow! 😍 If you do more jewelry, people might be willing to pay for Sterling and/or gold-plated mounts- your pieces are worth it! (Maybe by commission? I know that moves costs up!)
Wow! That turned out beautifully! What a gorgeous sagenite agate! And it looked like an awesome key chain! Totally gorgeous! Super nice job on the polish and making sure it was the right size this time! You are getting so much better each time. Fabulous!
Wow, I never would have expected that inside it! It looks just so cool! I am surprised you are cutting it into a circle without using any finger protection. Thank you for sharing!
@@RockhoundingLife Oh, wow, I apologize. I should have known that you know what you are doing. Your work is fabulous and I am so glad you put some of what you do on You Tube. 🌹
Awesome cab! That was a great find, a lot of ppl go looking for agates and are expecting to see banding and amazing colors. But they have skin like a potato. So even some of the really hit up beaches in places like around lake superior still have treasures left. Not to mention all the great other types of conglomerates, jasper, and granites. And fossils! Great job!! Enjoy watching your process. ~sass
the straw like strands in the stone is called rutilated. I have only seen it in quartz jewelry, and in quartz it looks like strands of gold. Both are pretty.
The back of the bezel could be engraved with whatever message desired or even just initials in a calligraphic font. But then again if the stone were to be polished on both sides, an open back bezel would present all of its beauty. Thanks for sharing the process and this magnificent find.
Thanks Katie! Ive recently toyed with the idea of open back bezels on pieces that are translucent. This would have been a good one for it. Good idea on the engraving. I may start doing that.
You brought out the best of that rock. It almost looks like bamboo stalks. Very cool! Nice to see a Nova Scotian on RUclips as well!! I'm from Cape Breton.
I wish we had some of your equipment. Hubby found a black rock out hunting a few years ago. It hand sized and really heavy. We are supposed to cut a slice off to check for matrixing to see if it's a meteor. It is magnetic. Right now, it sits on a chest in the living room.
Very lovely result You are a very talented individual. Am a new subscriber as I just found your channel and enjoyed watching you produce your art. Enjoyed!!
That was really beautiful. Makes me hope that some little pebble I pick-up at the beach could turn out like that, but it will never happen in my lifetime. I don't have your skills. Keep making the world more beautiful one stone at a time.
Wonderful to watch, great craftsmanship, loved it. The beauty God gives us is never far from us. The gift to show its beauty, is given to our minds and hands. Grateful and blessed ♥️♥️🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸
Wow, that was fantastic watching. When I was young, I grew up in northern Michigan, near lake Michigan. My buddy's dad used to collect, cut and polish Petoskey stones in his basement. I remember several times being down there and seeing boxes of these "rocks" that he had collected along our lake shoreline that he was going to work on.
Really gorgeous! Love it! Love the white part as well ! May be u could make something lovely from that as well like a long pendent shape that would be very pretty for a lady ! Love the stone beautiful! RM.
Que lindo . Yo también colecciono piedras algundia tendre con que pulirlas. Le quedo muy hermoso gracias por compartir sus conocimientos. Saludos desde Colombia
@@RockhoundingLife not for many years. I’m thinking of doing a road trip this Summer, I’d like to see what I can find orotund the Bay of Fundy area. I hear there’s lost of rare earth minerals there. I also love fossils. 😊
beautiful ! so well crafted . i enjoyed watching you make this , and what a surprise to see how it turned out ! i would have loved it to have been mounted into something better than a key chain tho
May I ask please? What are your Diamond wheels? Where obtained, model etc. I am in search of new wheels now that the ones that came on my machine are wearing out. Thank you. And a beautiful result on your stone
This Hound makes the difficult look effortless. Takes long hours of ground recon, many hundreds of dollars spent on quality gear, and most of all ,the experience of working thousands of rocks. He has thrown more rocks away than I will ever produce!
A keychain? No, it deserves to be a necklace for royalty! So beautiful!
Haha! You can comvert it!
Agreed, I would have faceted it to look like a gemstone and made it into a breast pin or long chained necklace.
No rock or mineral is ever a waste. They're all beautiful in their own way. Wether we use them and cut and polish or if they're just sitting in my garden, or on my shelf.
💯💥
I collected several tons of varieties that's rather unique. Ty for technique sharing.
@@robertlint4742I’ve done the same over many years. Lots of quartz, granites, rhodochrosites and who knows what beach and river stones. Every stone is a tiny piece of history
Absolutely 💯 agree!😊
GOAT comment.
Beautiful - yes, it deserves to be a pendant to be worn with pride!!!
That turned out really awesome. I would have never guessed that rock would turn out so beautiful as a cab.
Thanks Rob! It's rare I can find a sagenite so clear. Usually has some color in it or is more milky white. I should have put it in a nicer setting but my daughter claimed it and wanted it as a keychain.
What an incredibly diverse hobby rock and mineral collection is. Seeing the process from collection to manufacturing just adds to its overall beauty! Much respect to you sir!
Thanks Nick! I agree. There's something about knowing where a stone comes from that makes the experience of making or owning lapidary jewrlry that much better.
As someone on the fossil collecting side there’s so much new things to learn and do. That’s what’s great about this hobby, you’ll never master all of it, there’s always something new to learn.
I’m nervous watching him use that blade so close to his fingers!😳
@@toneenorman2135 No need to worry, tonee, the diamond blade won't hurt him or anyone who cuts stones. The rim of the is smooth all around, unlike a circular saw with its jagged points all around the blade. Many years ago when I was teaching lapidary and the use of the diamond saw, I would turn the unit ON, place my thumb on the turning/running blade the turn the unit OFF & show that my thumb was undamaged. Hope this puts your mind at ease.
@@joane.landers9151 Thank you for your kind explanation:)
Beautiful. It's one of those things where when completed you can look into and see a whole world.
Yes! I love rocks like that!
@@alienonion4636 yes, with Opal and many other colourful gems. I particularly love opal because before it was formed, the sea was there millions of years ago. No two are the same. It never came from a volcano, some of them are good, say diamonds!
Pendant with a peek a boo in the back. When the lights hits it, wow!
Bravo! That sagenite is stunning! As well as your work! Great job Jason. I absolutely love this piece✨
Thanks Marlaina!! Im having fun making these things!!
Wow! That ordinary beach rock definitely deserved to be revealed. What you did with it is absolutely gorgeous. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you very much!
Wow I'd have never guessed that stone was so beautiful & unique. Your work is really well done. Mind blown! 🤯☺️💚
Thank you Debbie!! Glad you enjoyed it!
what a beautiful stone. I too brought some rocks with me out of the river that runs through Missoula, Mn. I brought them with me to Germany because I was so fazinated by their beauty. I wonder who would make something beautiful out of them.
I would’ve done a pendant. That should be seen! Very cool!
You can easily switch chains on it to be a pendant. When i eventually sell items like this in our store i will supply both a key chain ring and a pendant chain.
That was awesome to watch!!! Being zero schooled in geology, I assume the straws you were talking about were the crystal looking lines? If so could they have become full fledged crystals in time? Nature is the most incredible thing ever. A nondescript rock on a beach turned into a beautiful piece in the hands of someone with the knowledge just amazes me. Thank you for sharing your passion!
The straws in tbis stone used to be the crystals of another mineral, likely a zeolite. Quartz replaced the zeolite mineral but took the shape of the zeolite crystal and left behind a more durable mineral. A similar process to how petrified wood is formed.
@@RockhoundingLife Wow, thank you for that explanation! What a cool process.
Have you ever worked with Pele’s Tears?
i add my astonishment.Very beautiful
I'm very much enjoying watching you make these cabochons and fit them inside settings! That was a beautiful slab and polished rock!
Thanks Julee!! Im enjoying learning and making things!
Fantastic how you found the amazing beauty in that stone! And what a shine!
Thank you kindly
You did a Great Job working this "Beach stone" into a real beauty! Congratulations! ♥️♥️♥️🎉🎉🎉
Thank you so much!
We love to beachcomb for rocks along the N. Calif coast. What we have done with our "treasures" is put them in a narrow rectangular container with water, set them by a window, and enjoy the sun shining through. I really enjoyed seeing your creativity and eye for finding novel uses for the rock. This has got me thinking about uses for our "finds" Many thanks for sharing. I enjoy woodworking and making gifts for friends and relatives.
Visitung Northern California and rockhounding there is on my bucket list. Thanks for watching!!
This was amazing and very relaxing to watch. Beautiful, something I would buy if I saw it on sale. Thanks for making this video
Looks like a pc of 'Forever Ice'. Quite nice!
Wow, that is absolutely stunning. Well done. 👍 from Wales 🏴
Thank you very much!
Absolutely gorgeous!
Thank you! 😊
@@RockhoundingLife You're welcome. I'll keep watching for more!
Amazing what can hide insight a seemingly ordinary stone.
It looks like a painting of a snowflake. Super cool and pretty!
Wow, this is beautiful! Kind of looks like the moon too!
😱 we don't know the treasures that are hidden!
Beautiful 😍❤
Beautiful cab! It’s great to show folks what goes into the creation of a piece like this. ❤
We agree!
These stones can be found at many Loch side/s in Scotland, I just wished I had the skill of what you have to create that peice of art you created! Well done!
Scotland and Nova Scotia (New Scotland), where i am from, used to be joined together in the supercontenant Pangae. We have a lot of the same rock and lithology.
You need more than skill, you need all the expensive equipment.
@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 expensive equipments are precise just gives you what you asked for and delivers.
Don't be put off! Anyone can learn this skill!
It's not even hard exactly, just...fiddly, lol!
It helps to have lot of attention to detail, a steady hand, and of course, LOTS of patience!
Of course, the equipment that you see here is a bit of a killer....but you can do the same thing with much cheaper equipment. It'll just take a lot longer, is all.
Better equipment just speeds up the process and makes it easier.
See if there's a local lapidary club that you can check out.
The people there are often super stoked to talk about their hobby and give you advice on how to start. :D
That was so cool with the hay like crystal pattern inside. I can't believe it's just polished and that's the actual surface of that pattern. Who knew a rock looks like that!
WOW! That was a surprise!! Beautiful work.
Glad you liked it!
Really good find and great vision seeing its potential. Made a great key fob.
That was freaking awesome. Such a beautiful piece.
Thank you kindly!
Gorgeous stone and super polish! Love it!
Thank you! Cheers!
Simply beautiful. I can get hooked on this hobby.
You and me both!
Being a Graduate Gemologist, I have always admired the lapidary arts. Great job!
Wow! Thank you! It's a great hobby.
That's beautiful, I agree it should be a pendant on a 36 inch gold chain, I'd buy it!
I like what you have done to this ordinary looking stone. You turned it into something beautiful. Kind regards from the land down under.
Thsnk you Marie!
Really beautiful. You have a great eye for this!
Thank you so much!
Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: Lovely cab!
Thanks Kelly!
That is a stunner!
Wow! 😍
If you do more jewelry, people might be willing to pay for Sterling and/or gold-plated mounts- your pieces are worth it! (Maybe by commission? I know that moves costs up!)
Wow! That turned out beautifully! What a gorgeous sagenite agate! And it looked like an awesome key chain! Totally gorgeous! Super nice job on the polish and making sure it was the right size this time! You are getting so much better each time. Fabulous!
Thanks so much! My daughter claimed this one.
@@RockhoundingLife She knows it was awesome! lol!
Very pretty!!!
Thank you! 😊
Gorgeous cab. Beautiful shine. Thanks for another great video Jason
Thanks for watching!
I liked it best at the beginning because of the textural differences. What a cool rock!
Wow, I never would have expected that inside it! It looks just so cool! I am surprised you are cutting it into a circle without using any finger protection. Thank you for sharing!
My saw blade grinds. It does not cut. Its very safe.
@@RockhoundingLife Oh, wow, I apologize. I should have known that you know what you are doing. Your work is fabulous and I am so glad you put some of what you do on You Tube. 🌹
Wow that’s a neat looking stone , never seen anything like this but on a keychain lol
Can easily swap out the keychain for a necklace chain. No big deal
@@RockhoundingLife ahh just teasing great job
What a beautiful substance, hidden in the surface rock.
Awesome cab! That was a great find, a lot of ppl go looking for agates and are expecting to see banding and amazing colors. But they have skin like a potato. So even some of the really hit up beaches in places like around lake superior still have treasures left. Not to mention all the great other types of conglomerates, jasper, and granites. And fossils! Great job!! Enjoy watching your process. ~sass
100%. You just never know! Sonetimes the best finds are the ones that blend in and are hard to see on the beach. Thanks for watching!
Absolutely! And your welcome! Glad to see a fellow rockie following his dreams❤
Lovely!
You have a good eye.
So now you guys are in the jewelry game, love it. You guys rock!!! lol
We dab
@@RockhoundingLife A budding cottage industry. Any plans for a web sight offering your creations?
Crazy, I'm literally wearing a piece I made myself using the exact same setting. Love how sturdy it is.
Yes these bezels are great for making keychains and such. I think for a really nice gemstone though i may splurge on a nicer setting.
Amazing work, I recently purchased both of those machines, yet to use the cabking. You definitely make it look easy.
Stunning!
Thank you! 😊
Greetings from the BIG SKY. Nice rock rescue.
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by and watching!
the straw like strands in the stone is called rutilated. I have only seen it in quartz jewelry, and in quartz it looks like strands of gold. Both are pretty.
Wow! Beautiful find and you brought out its unique charm. Good job!
Thank you very much!
The back of the bezel could be engraved with whatever message desired or even just initials in a calligraphic font. But then again if the stone were to be polished on both sides, an open back bezel would present all of its beauty.
Thanks for sharing the process and this magnificent find.
Thanks Katie! Ive recently toyed with the idea of open back bezels on pieces that are translucent. This would have been a good one for it. Good idea on the engraving. I may start doing that.
I have to say that ordinary stone turned out soooooo beautiful bro. Great job man.
This is a gorgeous stone! I would totally wear that! BEAUTIFUL!!
I wish I had rocks like this where I'm from, Georgia USA. So beautiful
Amazing! I have just found your site and look forward to seeing some more beautiful stones.
Welcome aboard! And thank you!
You brought out the best of that rock. It almost looks like bamboo stalks. Very cool! Nice to see a Nova Scotian on RUclips as well!! I'm from Cape Breton.
Thanks! 👍
I wish we had some of your equipment. Hubby found a black rock out hunting a few years ago. It hand sized and really heavy. We are supposed to cut a slice off to check for matrixing to see if it's a meteor. It is magnetic. Right now, it sits on a chest in the living room.
You should tune into this Thursdays video 😉
Very lovely result You are a very talented individual. Am a new subscriber as I just found your channel and enjoyed watching you produce your art. Enjoyed!!
Thank you very much and welcome!
Amazing work. What a beautiful piece- - from a rock ! ❤
Thank you! Cheers!
That was really beautiful. Makes me hope that some little pebble I pick-up at the beach could turn out like that, but it will never happen in my lifetime. I don't have your skills. Keep making the world more beautiful one stone at a time.
You can easily do this!
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL
Thank you!!
Wonderful to watch, great craftsmanship, loved it. The beauty God gives us is never far from us. The gift to show its beauty, is given to our minds and hands. Grateful and blessed ♥️♥️🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸
Well said!
Looks like ice crystals frozen in glass, gorgeous!
Beautifully done!
Thank you very much!
You rock!👀
Wow, that was fantastic watching. When I was young, I grew up in northern Michigan, near lake Michigan. My buddy's dad used to collect, cut and polish Petoskey stones in his basement. I remember several times being down there and seeing boxes of these "rocks" that he had collected along our lake shoreline that he was going to work on.
Very cool!
That is absolutely beautiful!
Thank you!
Absolutely beautiful!
Thank you so much!
@@RockhoundingLife My pleasure!
Very nice stone button...
Thank you! Cheers!
Really enjoyed your video especially the notations on the process and grits you used. Will be saving this for my future reference.
Glad it was helpful!
the pattern on the rock look amazing .great job
Thank you! Cheers!
Really gorgeous! Love it! Love the white part as well ! May be u could make something lovely from that as well like a long pendent shape that would be very pretty for a lady ! Love the stone beautiful! RM.
Great idea!!
Beautiful, One of a kind. Love watching you work.. Cheers from downunder
Many thanks!
That was a really good piece. You never know until you look! Beautiful keychain. 😷⚒
So true!
Muito topi !!! Que pedra é essa ?? Muito linda !!!❤
Very stunning! ❤❤❤
Holy cow! Thank goodness you cut it to better ID it! Amazing work!
Yes! Thank you!
Que lindo . Yo también colecciono piedras algundia tendre con que pulirlas. Le quedo muy hermoso gracias por compartir sus conocimientos. Saludos desde Colombia
Thank you!
What an absolutely gorgeous gem. And so large.
Beautiful piece! Now I have equipment envy though.
Matches the table lol
Beautiful. I’m a rock hound, living in Ontario… I grew up in Timberlea N.S… No wonder I still love rocks and collecting them sooo much…
That's awesome! Do you get bacl home much to do some rockhounding?
@@RockhoundingLife not for many years. I’m thinking of doing a road trip this Summer, I’d like to see what I can find orotund the Bay of Fundy area. I hear there’s lost of rare earth minerals there. I also love fossils. 😊
@@rockcrazygal5166 Bay of Fundy means awesome zeolites! But Ontario has tons of collecting too.
Those Sharpie pens are great.
100%
beautiful ! so well crafted . i enjoyed watching you make this , and what a surprise to see how it turned out ! i would have loved it to have been mounted into something better than a key chain tho
Thank you so much 😊
Amazing stuff. You can never tell, just looking, that an ugly rock can turn into something gorgeous 🤣😍
100%
Roch was not ugly
The stone reminds me of rutilated quartz. You have mad skills sir. RESPECT!😊😊😊
Thank you! Cheers!
Very pretty! Thanks fir sharing.
Thank you! 😊
GORGEOUS!!! Don't need the music....love to see you do this zen!
So many people like the music i can't cut it out. I figured if people dont like the music they could always mute it. Thanks for watching!
That turned so nice, very cool rock🤩
Cape George Point NS. Since I started rocking, the beach has turned from a jumble of grey rocks to a magic carpet of colors and discoveries.
Thats awesome! I love places like that!
May I ask please? What are your Diamond wheels? Where obtained, model etc. I am in search of new wheels now that the ones that came on my machine are wearing out. Thank you. And a beautiful result on your stone
The wheels are 8" cabking wheels
Can I ask what you do for your dopping? It doesn't seem like you use the messy wax?
I use little dowels and a bit of CA. Works well. Less messy. Less prep.
Nice job it's not as easy as everybody thinks to get a fit and finish like that thanks for sharon
Its very very hard!!!