Cutting Open Agates w/ Saw & Using Cabking to Polish Them After! Lapidary FUN!

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  • Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
  • Let's find out if these two agates are STUDS or DUDS by cutting them open with my 5" Hi Tech Diamond lapidary saw! If they are banded beauties, we are going to polish them on my 8" Cabking! The agates we cut in this video are Lake Superior agates and show great potential for being banded beauties. We also cut an nodule with an amazing surprise inside... AMETHYST! Such great surprise! I had a ton of fun on this lapidary adventure and thank you all for hanging out with me for it. Make sure to subscribe so you can join along for more in the future.
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    In this video, we'll be cutting open agates with a saw and polishing them after using cabking to remove the unwanted glass. This is a fun and easy way to learn how to cut open agates and polish them!
    If you're interested in lapidary, then this video is for you! We'll be doing some cutting and polishing with a saw, and you'll be able to learn how to do this yourself! This is a great way to get started in lapidary, and you'll have a lot of fun doing it!
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Комментарии • 192

  • @AgateDad
    @AgateDad  Год назад +2

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  • @kellyharper367
    @kellyharper367 Год назад +13

    Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: the amethyst nugget is Awsome!!! Fractures in rock just tell their stories like wrinkles on our faces.

  • @gemstonejudy5900
    @gemstonejudy5900 Год назад +13

    The last agate, the halves together, make a perfect butterfly!😊

    • @matthewdenny1058
      @matthewdenny1058 Год назад +2

      He should mount it with a hinge between the halves and springs so they could flap...

    • @dianequince8761
      @dianequince8761 Год назад +2

      Right? That's the first thing I thought of😀👍

    • @evelynpretty2231
      @evelynpretty2231 4 месяца назад

      Thought the same! Great Minds!!!🙂

  • @sLLeff
    @sLLeff 7 месяцев назад +2

    My 7 year old daughter and I love watching your videos together. They’re great and your voice is calming (not overly enthusiastic & annoying to listen to). Thank you!!!

  • @alli6791
    @alli6791 Год назад +11

    I like when he explains his reasoning for why he’s cutting an agate, a certain way. It’s really helpful so I don’t have to learn by ruining a ton of agates.

  • @arongstone
    @arongstone Год назад +1

    Fantastic capture!! that's very interesting cutting open Agates
    That rock and minerals is a fantastic texture, thank you very much for polishing up these agates!! Have a wonderful day🥰🥰!

  • @pennycandyys
    @pennycandyys Год назад +2

    The way you were holding the second agate made it look like a butterfly.

  • @lisamills-wv6nc
    @lisamills-wv6nc Год назад +6

    Love the cutting video's! Love the surprise inside! Awesome polishing them beauties! 😊

  • @naminaoberhausen2131
    @naminaoberhausen2131 Год назад +7

    Those rocks look so beautiful on the inside. And polished. Liked 👍. One of your best videos. From Jordan.

  • @tracymay8215
    @tracymay8215 Год назад +1

    A FLUTTERBY BUTTERFLY That Last Agate....Love It 🦋

  • @elainelear4982
    @elainelear4982 Год назад +8

    We all have some fractures in us. Thank you for polishing up these agates and bringing out their beauty.

  • @sandmaker
    @sandmaker Год назад +2

    Great job. Fractures are the nature of the beast and gives them character. A really good polish. Keel having fun! 😷⚒

  • @ROCKINWHEELERS
    @ROCKINWHEELERS Год назад +1

    Those Little BIG Gals/Guys are Beautiful. We just love seeing your JOY.

  • @emmanuelradical
    @emmanuelradical Год назад +8

    Hi i am Emerson from Brazil. A reality like your job is very interesting I have agatas too

    • @VSFilly
      @VSFilly Год назад

      I'm sure many would love to rock hunt in your country!
      Love your name, by the way.💙

  • @saralynn518
    @saralynn518 8 месяцев назад +1

    🎶 I like the way you do that right thurr (Right thurr) 🎶 So from a distance, the fractures actually look pretty. Like butterfly wings. Everything in life has a fracture or two.

  • @sherrycrane7568
    @sherrycrane7568 28 дней назад

    The last one looked like a butterfly! Very pretty!😊

  • @chrissiejundt9867
    @chrissiejundt9867 Год назад +2

    The one looks like a butterfly when you hold it together beautiful.

  • @meg2831
    @meg2831 Год назад +5

    They all turned out gorgeous! My favorites were the grey banded one but that surprise amethyst was awesome !

  • @deniseview4253
    @deniseview4253 Год назад +3

    All are beautiful. The way you hold the fractured one together it looks like butterfly wings.

  • @AgateDad
    @AgateDad  Год назад +5

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  • @theresaherrrera8224
    @theresaherrrera8224 Год назад +1

    Omg they are so beautiful mijo 😱😍💜....I bet you don't remember my favorite gem....One of them is my favorite....😂💜

  • @nancygriest1972
    @nancygriest1972 Год назад +1

    The amethyst was gorgeous. I think the biggest one would make a beautiful butterfly 🦋 if joined. Beautiful pieces. ❤️❤❤

  • @mazhansen8804
    @mazhansen8804 Год назад +2

    Your youtube award is cool on a rock

  • @icatz
    @icatz Год назад +7

    That amethyst is amazing, looks like there's also clear quartz and prasiolite. 3 colors in one!

  • @nhrockaholic6038
    @nhrockaholic6038 Год назад +1

    Last one looked like a butterfly. Cool!

  • @michaeldarragh354
    @michaeldarragh354 Год назад +2

    I like the fractures, adds character.

  • @ashleybonanno3043
    @ashleybonanno3043 Год назад +1

    I absolutely love it when I find a striking rock! It almost feels like I'm looking into it; kinda like I'm looking at a movie or photographs 💕

  • @lynnricketts
    @lynnricketts 11 месяцев назад

    I just found your videos and I love them .I always collected rocks and now I see that their are even treasures with in the rocks ,so awesome and beautiful

  • @jordanvanwinkle8950
    @jordanvanwinkle8950 Год назад +2

    Very beautiful and awesome finds. That last one looked like a butterfly when you had the two pieces side by side right after you cut it....

  • @evelynpretty2231
    @evelynpretty2231 4 месяца назад

    The one with the Amethyst, would look beautiful if you cut little slabs and make a pair of earrings!!! I can only imagine how Gorgeous they would be if light went thru them!! All of them are really beautiful!!! Thank You!!💜✨🪨💎🪨✨💜

  • @pernillep9049
    @pernillep9049 Год назад +5

    That ametyst looks a bit like a diamond after polishing...💍. I like all the stages you film, the hounding, cutting and polishing!

  • @virginiahudson3827
    @virginiahudson3827 Год назад +1

    Loved your squeaky laugh when the amethyst was revealed. Great video.

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  Год назад

      It was a fun moment!

  • @earleneharper9353
    @earleneharper9353 Год назад +3

    Very beautiful rocks

  • @patriciamckean4186
    @patriciamckean4186 Год назад +1

    A few imperfections happen, the beauty of nature is awesome.

  • @evelynpretty2231
    @evelynpretty2231 2 месяца назад

    Absolutely Beautiful!! All of them, even with the fractures!!!🪬🩷🧿🪨🧿🩷🪬

  • @patrickpuzzo416
    @patrickpuzzo416 Год назад +1

    Sweet! A stunning polishing job! So beautiful!

  • @IndusRiverRock
    @IndusRiverRock Год назад +1

    Beautiful sharing 😊

  • @laurabishop7922
    @laurabishop7922 Год назад +3

    Do you display your all time favorites in a special place, like under lights?

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  Год назад +2

      A lot of my favorites are on the shelf behind me in the video

  • @bethgeret
    @bethgeret Год назад +1

    Wow! 3 fantastic agates!

  • @linda5120
    @linda5120 Год назад +2

    I like every thing you vet😊

  • @rachelschildman2327
    @rachelschildman2327 Год назад +3

    That amethyst nodule was such a treat!

  • @JnVrockhounding
    @JnVrockhounding Год назад +3

    Awesome video as always

  • @chrismaines1285
    @chrismaines1285 Год назад +1

    The big one is so book marked it would make nice butterfly wings.

  • @Gimo76
    @Gimo76 Год назад +1

    Just think how many of us walk past those he cut. But then that is why I am here. Love the purple.❤

  • @EricTheCat
    @EricTheCat Год назад +3

    Those turned out great. I thought the cracks would be so bad on the dark one but all of them came out beautiful.

  • @MicheleRuiz-h3j
    @MicheleRuiz-h3j Год назад +2

    Beautiful❤❤

  • @matthewdenny1058
    @matthewdenny1058 Год назад +1

    The amethyst nodule looked like the best Hershey Kiss ever!!

  • @keithcunningham7925
    @keithcunningham7925 Год назад +2

    Very awesome your polish is amazing thank you for sharing and my favorite is the one with all the bands 😍

  • @erhardbaehni1832
    @erhardbaehni1832 Год назад +2

    Very Beautiful..did bring boxes of lake Superior agates with me immigrating to Spain .
    I can see I have my days in my reinterment full.
    A little knowledge about those rings they are about year rings on trees . Except it has taken about 10.000 years to form one ring !😮

  • @gabiilleslajosne363
    @gabiilleslajosne363 Год назад +4

    Csodálatosak!❤

  • @michaelberg5004
    @michaelberg5004 Год назад +1

    To each their own on the fractures haha. I love them as nice accents/natural processes. But if I were to be going for a perfect “window cut” if you will, then totally on board with working those fractures out. 🤙

  • @bethgeret
    @bethgeret Год назад +1

    Awesome! Beautiful pieces!

  • @ROCKINWHEELERS
    @ROCKINWHEELERS Год назад +1

    Outstanding

  • @mazhansen8804
    @mazhansen8804 Год назад +1

    That 2nd one is magic, it reminds me of a church window

  • @largent45
    @largent45 Год назад +2

    Those turned out spectacular! Even that little amethyst nodule! How neat was that? And dractures happen with all rock, especially ones rhat were forged in fire! So they cant br helped but you dealy with them really nicely! Awesome polishes on all of them! Thanks Taylor!

  • @janehelbert7551
    @janehelbert7551 Год назад +1

    They turned out beautifully!

  • @stonefinder
    @stonefinder Год назад +1

    So beautiful 👌👏

  • @tonnyvanhemert9826
    @tonnyvanhemert9826 Год назад +1

    Hiya! Concerning those fractures that keep bugging you, there is something that might help. You can try to heat them in the oven, and when they are hot enough, rub a white candle on it. The wax will creep into the cracks, improving the agates A LOT. You will still see them, but the end result might be way better. You may want to do this step before polishing, so no polishing powder gets in, and maybe again after polishing. Give it a go;)!

  • @ravynalexander1895
    @ravynalexander1895 Год назад +2

    Awesome finds!! 💎

  • @alfaalfa9764
    @alfaalfa9764 Год назад +1

    I do enjoy your gemstone work I have subscribed And I watch

  • @henrietteterpstra5213
    @henrietteterpstra5213 Год назад +1

    You made dull stones into beauty, fun to see it . I love the little Cristal fractured stones. Do you sell them? I could make a beautiful necklace with them

  • @sixthsenseamelia4695
    @sixthsenseamelia4695 Год назад +6

    💎😌💖

  • @kellyhollingsworth6100
    @kellyhollingsworth6100 Год назад +1

    Cold Mountain Jasper! Cut some. These are cool, our weather has been so messed up here have I not got out this summer. Have a good weekend happy hounding.

  • @icatz
    @icatz Год назад +5

    I was not expecting amethyst! Whoa. Are the fractures natural or caused by cutting? Lovely agates Taylor. ❤🎸🏏

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  Год назад +1

      Right??? So I am actually working on your agate and everything this weekend lol I don’t have the heart to cut that red lace agate, it’s so beautiful as is. Send me an email if you have any suggestions with that stuff!

    • @icatz
      @icatz Год назад

      @@AgateDad I wouldn't cut the red one. It's just so awesome. As for the rest, I can't remember what I sent you. Just the agate I want the face polish on. The rest is up to you. 😁

  • @AgateDad
    @AgateDad  Год назад +13

    What kind of mineral would you like to see worked in a fututre video??

  • @LuisSanchez-SanchezHMDRExempte
    @LuisSanchez-SanchezHMDRExempte Год назад +1

    Hi agate dad. First time checking out your channel. I love that you have such an interest in hounding and meddling with cutting them open. Those are great specimens that you've cut open. I'm california but hope to come out east to hound later this year. We'll just saying hello keep up the good work

  • @janehelbert7551
    @janehelbert7551 Год назад +1

    Nice agate!

  • @wendylerue8217
    @wendylerue8217 7 месяцев назад

    The Butterfly stone ❤

  • @janehelbert7551
    @janehelbert7551 Год назад +1

    The amethyst looks good!

  • @susanboger7874
    @susanboger7874 Год назад +1

    Very Beautiful 🤩 😊

  • @-hw-
    @-hw- Год назад +1

    very pretty

  • @glenn5903
    @glenn5903 Год назад +1

    Oh let's see!!😂

  • @davidl.turner1005
    @davidl.turner1005 Год назад +1

    Great work with all three of those stones! Have you ever tried polishing on cloth wheels with buffing compound (like Zam) as a final step? The Genie has an attachment with two wheels that quickly spins onto the right shaft to do this. In my very limited experience it improves the shine noticeably.

  • @danseward6519
    @danseward6519 Год назад +1

    Wow!

  • @aurorasalinas1215
    @aurorasalinas1215 Год назад +1

    Awesome

  • @rotisumbuErikGemstone
    @rotisumbuErikGemstone Год назад +1

    Mempesona❤

  • @ttenrabdn
    @ttenrabdn Год назад +1

    Use a blacklight on those agates! 😍

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  Год назад

      Nothing happened, usually the case with LSAs

  • @alirezamohammadzadeh7470
    @alirezamohammadzadeh7470 Год назад +1

    Love these cutting videos, Dude i think these fractures happen (because of the temprature) and why this happen is because agates are sensitive to sudden temprature changes and while you are sawing the gem it heats up and suddenly, water cools it SOOoo fractures happen :(

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  Год назад

      I’ve wondered that too but if you pay attention to the exteriors, which it’s super easy to see on the dark nodule, there are fractures on the outside of them. Those large fractures are already there. Sometimes, there is fractures on the cut face and they are micro, those are from the saw blade. The big ones are natural though.

  • @johnnygary5666
    @johnnygary5666 Год назад +1

    The last one looks like butterfly wings

  • @als8326
    @als8326 Год назад +1

    You could make that into a cabochon butterfly

  • @Abdelouahed391
    @Abdelouahed391 Год назад +1

    Good 🎉🎉🎉👍👍👍

  • @LonelyFarmerScythe
    @LonelyFarmerScythe 8 месяцев назад

    With the bad fractures showing up, would it have been worthwhile to consider going back to the saw and trimming a little more off rather than grinding down?

  • @vebnew
    @vebnew Год назад +1

    COOL

  • @bethgeret
    @bethgeret Год назад +1

    I called out amethyst before you cut it!!!

  • @Soheilastone
    @Soheilastone Год назад +1

    ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉 nice ❤❤❤

  • @amydickinson9505
    @amydickinson9505 Год назад +3

    Does the cutting process ever cause or exacerbate the cracks?

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  Год назад +1

      I’m sure if you push too hard and the stones get too hot then they can make the cracks worse

  • @leodapat9139
    @leodapat9139 Год назад +1

    Wow a nice 🪨 watching from pinas garita San Enrique iloilo.

  • @alfaalfa9764
    @alfaalfa9764 Год назад +1

    I don't have a favourite quartz colours are intersting

  • @luvastandardbred8270
    @luvastandardbred8270 Год назад +1

    Do you ever find fluorite? Fluorite and jasper are my favorites. Have to add agates to the list 😁

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  Год назад +1

      I just found some today

  • @charliekeillor226
    @charliekeillor226 9 месяцев назад +1

    ur the best

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  9 месяцев назад

      You rock 🪨

  • @sylviastreet
    @sylviastreet Год назад +1

    I’ve got some interesting rocks I’d like to be sawed!

  • @katherinebopp2021
    @katherinebopp2021 Год назад +1

    ❤ the stone, Please use safety equipment for your fingers..

  • @cathyhagen3143
    @cathyhagen3143 Год назад +1

    Can you shine it up in a tumbler of you don't have the other set up?

  • @alixramos3589
    @alixramos3589 Год назад +1

    What alternative rock slicer will u recommend for a beginner? Here in Philippines i cannot find the rock slicer that u have.. 😢

  • @alfaalfa9764
    @alfaalfa9764 Год назад +1

    I have come to a point I cant even do fossicking walking Bees have attacked my legs and they are swollen and it's really not easy to walk about

  • @kteps89
    @kteps89 Год назад +2

    Hiii

  • @henrietteterpstra5213
    @henrietteterpstra5213 Год назад +1

    I live pin Europe and would like to buy the 5 inch cutting machine from High Tech, but I cannot find any information. Can you send me some data to help me further? Would be nice, I love your work 😅😅😅

  • @aidairis2996
    @aidairis2996 Год назад +1

    Parabens.... São belíssimas.....DEUS TE ABENÇOE MUITO

  • @straybubbles7334
    @straybubbles7334 Год назад +2

    I love me some ehgats

  • @tracymay8215
    @tracymay8215 Год назад +1

    Idk Agate Dad IF I'm Just Being Ninjaed by the Saw Link but Where Is It?