Scottish Agates - Rocks in a Box 5
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- These tiny agates are incredibly beautiful. I guess it's true that good things come in small packages. Thanks to Ian from Rock Tumbling Hobby for sending me these.
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Thanks for sharing your treasures I myself am beyond happy to see all these rockhounds and read the comments . Definitely make my world a better place . Happy hunting all you beautiful houndies .
I'm glad you're having fun!
Beautiful, thank you for showing your lovely works.
You're welcome!
My tumbling is starting to look more and more like yours! Thanks for all the tips.
Cool! Glad I could help.
There was not one of those rocks I would not have been happy to call mine :) My Great Aunt Rachael lived in Fife . My Mom was from Inverness and I could go on :) There is a lot of the highlands in my Grans branch of the family . My grandparents met during WW2 . Thank you for the look at some lovely stones
That's cool that you have relatives from Scotland. I know I have some Scottish blood, but I don't know specific relatives or any other details. My closest connection to Scotland is my priest who is from there. He's great.
Absolutely beautiful . Thank you.
Those are absolutely beautiful!!!!!! Saw several that I loved!!!! I like the ones that are like half quartz !!! Sooooooo pretty!!!!!!
Nifty, huh?
Yeah, me too!!!
WOW....these are cool! Not sure I ever saw any of this particular agate.....love the banding but especially love those almost white bullseye patterns!! Especially love that it comes from some of my ancestors land!!!! My paternal grandmother came from Scotland to the US as a small child or baby....her daddy was Irish! : )
The eyes are my favorite too.
Each and every one a real beauty. I really like the ones with the quartz !!!
Quartz, no quartz, they're all cool.
These are my favorite by far. They're special.
I love that you get both orbs and bands.
@@MichiganRocks me too. So very interesting. It's strange how the colors are all similar in a grouping of agates from the same areas. Or at least it is to me.
@@ginalanning5303 I agree. Botswana has mostly gray, but they're beautiful too.
@@MichiganRocks have you checked out Gravel Bar Hopper. Hes finding some amazing materials. Looks like stuff that reminds me of you, your penchant for Lace Agates; that is.
@@ginalanning5303 Nope, but I will.
Wow, the Scottish agates are pretty! I really love the ones with quartz crystals.
I just don't like when the quartz crumbles.
7:59 photos
Special treat indeed. Thank you so much for sharing your treasures with us. Soooo beautiful, I ooh'd and ahh'd all the way through this one 😊. Blessings and be safe and well 🙏
Thanks, blessings right back at you!
Really nice! When travel gets back to normal, I want to do some rock hunting. Thanks for showing them
These are probably the coolest agates I’ve ever seen! They are stunning!
I agree, they're right up there with Lakers, Crazy Lace, and Bots.
There are some lovely stones here. Reminds me of finding them on the beach at Culzean Castle as a girl, the cliffs & caves there had amethyst too, but all long gone now.
Cool, you have hunted these yourself? That's awesome.
Gorgeous little ones! And from thebeginning country of my paternal ancestry, where my last name originated atom the Inverness area. Abated and single malt scotch. Scotland's finest!
I haven't developed a taste for scotch. I'm more of a beer guy. Good beer, not American pilsners. I should try Scotch again.
Wow!! The colours are clean and subtle it makes the eyes and banding stand out even more. I really like the cyclops piece. Thank you they're wonderful 🌟
I love these little guys. I wish I had a whole bucket of them.
WOW!! Even the first one with the bad spots. I thought they made it more interesting. Love the colors.
Aren't they cool?
Fascinating, with the eye markings. The banding is wonderful. The ones with a lot of quartz show off the agate beautifully!
I'm a sucker for eyes. Of course the banding is awesome too. Best of both worlds in these.
They are all beautiful but the ones @ 1:11 and 4:51 are phenomenal! I love them all! Thanks again for sharing!
You like the bands, huh?
@@MichiganRocks Yes sir. The bands and the clear "window".
4:51 is my favorite!
The peachy browns are so pretty. Fascinating and so beautiful. Thanks for showing them.
You're welcome!
Thanks for sharing the Scottish version of agates. Nice job on tumbling.
Wow! Just wow!
My wife is Scottish, so I had her look at these beautiful stones! Her comment was that all is beautiful in Scotland!
Love the scot'sh agates. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The back of the second agate you shown added a rugged beauty to its stone. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Its amazing how some of the eyes on those agates look perfect, like they couldn't be any more perfect than they are!!!
Scottish agates are some of my favorites. They seem to all be pretty small, but the make up for it in their beauty.
Those were really awesome. Cool that dude sent you them. Was fun to watch. Great video
They're very beautiful! In the final photos they look like pieces of art.
I just love them.
Those small stones are so beautiful.
Simply spectacular!
I know absolutely nothing about geology, but I love pretty rocks. I'm a learner, so when I can find out facts about rocks I'm a happy camper. Still, even if I'm in the dark, I can truly appreciate the intricate designs and striations, making each rock a tiny work of art. These would be perfect for jewelry-making.
I don’t know too much about geology myself, but I’m like you, I just enjoy a pretty rock.
Thank you for sharing, they are gorgeous! I think I prefer Mexican crazy lace agates just a bit more.
I think they're both great.
Beautiful!! The second one, which did not have the back markings tumbled off is very beautiful. Glad that you kept it intact- sometimes things that seem imperfect make perfect results. Thank you.
These are so small that you kind of need to leave some imperfections or you'd tumble them away to nothing.
I love these stones. The tiny stones would look amazing set in a silver band to be worn as a ring. In 2nd grade I bought a $1 agate ring at the gift shop of our Natural History Museum. The band was adjustable. I wore that thing every day until my senior year of high school when I noticed that the stone was gone. Over 55 years later and I still miss that stone even though it wasn’t nearly as pretty as these Scottish beauties!
I had a turquoise ring when I was a young kid. I think my parents picked it up on a trip they went on without us. I don’t know what ever happened to that, but this is the first time I’ve thought about it in a long time.
Love all the different patterns, very nice.
Glad you like them!
Some real beauties there. That "salmon" agate is outstanding! I'll toast your excellent work later with a sip or three of some 12 yr old single malt.
Enjoy!
Wow! Nice batch of Scottish agates! Love the halves with the crystals in the middle!
I really like these little guys.
Thank you for special gift. The agates are unusual.
Yeah, they're unusually awesome. I wish I had more.
Beautiful! The backsides, too. Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome!
So tiny, yet beautiful!❤
Those are really lovely!
They give your agates a run for their money, don't they?
There was so many light reflections coming off the rocks when you took the lid off that I could have swore they were sitting in water!! So cool! thanks for sharing!
Part of me wishes the reflections weren't there so you could see the rock better, but the rest of me loves how it shows the polish.
Pretty. Thankyou for showing us.
Thanks for watching!
These are amazing agates... thanks for sharing!
Very cool - really lovely!!!
Agates are beautiful and i started collecting at 14 years of age at Usan, Montrose Scotland.
I was blessed to go to a quarry in 1985 that produced beautiful agates. I wanted to find the Blue Hole Usan as described by Matthew Forrester Heddle. I found my own blue hole.
I have still 5 ton not cut that came from my blue hole.
Scottish agates are amazing. Nice to see your video.
I agree. Those are some of the nicest agates I have seen.
The colors are so unusual. They're very unique little agates. The eyes in them are perfect circles! I need to find out how those are formed. Thank you for another nice tour through a rock box.
You've gotta love those eyes!
They are just beautiful. Plenty of pendant material👍
Most of them would be pretty tiny pendants. A couple are big enough I suppose.
I'll be going to Scotland as usual soon,it's only a 2 hour drive away,I know of places that do red and yellow Scottish agates
You'll have to make a video and show us what you find. Have you found them before? Do you tumble?
Beautiful agates from these collection you can make beautiful earrings or pendants it’s very nice
So beautiful! Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
I love these rocks
My Grandmother is from Fife, amazing that agates come from there!
Yeah, these are really cool.
Just found your channel and have really enjoyed your Scottish agate video. I’m a Yupper and spent many hours playing in Lake Superior and looking for agates and thompsonite! So thanks for the nice trip down memory lane!
I can't wait to get up to Lake Superior for some agate hunting. Thanks for watching. I do have a few Lake Superior videos from the area between Grand Marais and Whitefish Point.
So beautiful
Beautiful little gems.
They sure are.
Wow. Those are beautiful!
Thanks!
The agate at 1:18 would make a gorgeous pendant ❤ and 3:17❤and 4:05❤and 4:52❤😂ok they are ALL GORGEOUS!!
Wow!! Stunning! Pure stunning! I've got a super old Scottish Brooch a friend gifted to me. Two agates, 2 green colored stones and 2 red color...way freaking cool....these rocks are just stunning!
I didn't know they came in other colors. These seem to be mostly orange.
Never heard of Scottish agates,but you can bet for sure I'll be looking for some!.. beautiful stone!..nice video.thanks for sharing!
It's not surprising to see agates coming from Scotland. That area was incredibly volcanically active and when I say area I mean the entirety of the British Isles. Mega volcanoes, flood basalts, the place took a volcanic butt whupping.
You don't see them much, but they sure are cool.
Thanks for sharing! They are so cool!
Glad you like them!
Stunning!
I’m a new subscriber and I’m absolutely in love with your videos. The still shots are frame worthy! Do you sell any of your pieces?
Haha! Dude! I can’t tell you the amount of times I cook up salmon in the fry pan and I’m happy watching it cause I’m looking at all the bands! 🤣😂🤣
My inner dialogue is like “man, look at those bands. If I found an agate like that I’d be a happy man.” Haha!
Theses are just gorgeous, and the quartz bits didn’t explode, how cool is that rob! Beautiful stuff as always man. Just top shelf right there!
I’d love to be able to help with the focus of the camera but I use an iPhone, so I just touch the screen. Don’t think it works on a proper camera though. 🤪
I used to eat a fair amount of salmon when my dad used to catch them. I'm not much of a fisherman myself, so I haven't eaten much salmon lately. I'm glad to hear that I remember what it looks like.
beautiful rocks way cool.
Lovely rocks!
Very nice!!! So amazing!
Really pretty. I liked the ones that had the quartz. It was like looking down into a pool of crystals. The color of these is very soft and earthy. I really like these better than some of the darker colored ones. A couple of those small ones had a pretty enough shape and eyes to use as a cabachon in a ring.
Yep, they were about ring size. I've never made a ring or a cab that small though.
@@MichiganRocks the agates are so shiney. Were they already tumbled before being sent? You talked about your tumbling them so I wasn't sure.
Very pretty stones. It be fun to travel to other states & countries to hound rocks.
I would imagine it is, but I've only hunted here in Michigan.
I love them all. 👍
Me too.
Wow, that thumbnail❗ It has sexual artistic pretty look to it. He left his crystalized seed. Stunning agates.
nice agates well polished
Thanks (for the polishing part)!
So nice
So beautiful! Glad I found this video. Can only imagine you shipping 75+lbs of rock back to the states if you did go to visit. Great video.
Can you imagine me taking out a loan to pay for that shipping?
@@MichiganRocks good point. Lol.
Some of them remind me of ocean jasper. Really like all the circles. Thanks!
Yeah, the orby ones sort of do.
Those are some nice agates, very pretty
I really like these. They're small but beautiful.
Beautiful 😊😊🌻🌻👍...
7:59 looks like shaverma))) amazing stones
I don't know what shaverma is, so I Googled it and found a Russian taco. That can't be right.
Michigan Rocks If you use your imagination the one at 8:35 does kind of resemble a taco with the orange part being the shell and the quartz part being the filling. I couldn’t find that word in my online dictionary either. The stone just before 8:35 is really unique with the grey patches in it.
@@davidhile5363 Ok, I kind of see that now.
Aren’t agates the most amazing things! I like the combination of the bands and and the quartz!
They sure are!
I am lucky to stay in Scotland near FIfe and have some beautiful agates and zeolites xx really enjoyed the vid xx
So how hard is it to find these little beauties? Symon said they're pretty rare. Have you had much luck?
Michigan Rocks it is pretty difficult, but all the better when u do find them because the r sooo beautiful xx
beauties!
Beautiful!! Go to Scotland. Enjoyed your work😀
I'd love to go to Scotland, but probably never will. I'll just keep enjoying Michigan.
They have really nice banding and orbs. Never seen these before. I agree with you they have to be one of the more cool ones. Still think Lake Superiors are better!😁
It's hard to beat Lakers.
Agree with everyone else WOW some nice ones there!
I agree!
GREAT stones! I can see how rock hounding can really get under your skin with stuff like that! He sent you some nice ones! There are so many variations to the stones yet you can see in each how it's related to the other Scottish Agates. Really liked the one you said was "different" with the rectangular markings in that looks like a bike seat in the still picture.
I thought it looked like a bike seat too. I thought it was just me.
They ara so pretty
Very nice
That candy looks dandy 🍬🍭
They do look yummy, don't they?
LOL I have a Scottish friend-girl who is named Kerrie Fyfe!
Does she have any agates from home?
@@MichiganRocks I'm not able to join her, as I don't have a phone anymore since December. And now with the quarantine... I will ask her when we may visit people again.
Nice rocks
Cute
Wow!! Most turned out fantastic!!!! My Georgia agates will be done in 2 weeks. They look really good so far! Great video!!✅😁👍👍
I need to look up Georgia agates. I'm not familiar with them.
@@MichiganRocks Me either and we've talked before about them. 2 weeks out!
@@pirateprospecting707 I thought so, but I hadn't looked them up. I poked around a little and wasn't sure what I was looking for. Do you have a link to pictures of what you have?
Wow. If stones were currency....😁👍🏻
How much would I have here? $12.43?
😄
On second thought - these are partially a mix of agate and banded chirp with some icing on top (quartz crystals). What's NOT to like about these. They are gorgeous!!! Well worth a collaboration rock hunting during a trip to Scotland (anyway a well worthy trip on it's own).
I'd love to go to Scotland, but I don't think that will probably happen.
@@MichiganRocks same... not in the near future...
At 2:50. That made my mind up to go buy a tile saw!
You'll need some Scottish agates to go with that saw. The saw is the easy part.
Nice
Hi Rob,I went to Scotland when I was young, was not interested by stones at the time, sadly,lol
I'd love to go there, even if I didn't get a chance to look for rocks.
Very nice, and a very generous gift indeed.
Scottish agates have been used in jewellery for many, many years and still holes it's value today.
I'm not saying there are none left but don't be dissapointed if you don't find any and scotlands has a very large and often dangerous shoreline, much of it is not accessable from land.
Do people ever find them much bigger than these? Are they always small?
@@MichiganRocks
Small, very scarce if bigger.
@@symonsheppard7151 Lake Superior agates are the same, but fist sized and bigger do exist, so there's always a little hope of finding one.
@@MichiganRocks
There will always be that lucky person who finds the Prize, good luck to them.
My concerning thought is, how many were used for building homes, Rocks were just picked up and used without a second thought, i've seen many drystone walls with fantastic fossils or crystals in good size vugs, in past times they were of no interest other than functional for building etc.
Gems were a different story, they can also be found in Scotland, garnets, small but nice, saphire on the Isles of Harris on the west Coast.
Agates can also be found Inland when field walking, jasper, Quartz tinted yellow through to black, amethyst in the southern areas, jasper and marble plus many other areas may well hold treasure for hounding, there are vast mountain areas just don't expect a find every time
@@symonsheppard7151 Wow, I didn't know there was such a variety there. Puddingstones can be found in stone walls here. I don't know if they were put there as something special or if they were just another rock. They look nice in walls either way.
Que lindas pedras amo amo amo
Obrigado!
Beautiful rocks, learn how to wire wrap them beauties.
I know how to wire wrap, but not randomly shaped stones. I actually don't really like that type of wire wrapping. This is what I do: ruclips.net/video/g5YXQiO4XgQ/видео.html
@@MichiganRocks Then you do it great, my husbands hobby is wire wrapping so he makes beautiful jewelry pieces.
@@anitasanford8002 I wish my wife enjoyed making jewelry. It would be nice to have a team effort where I did the rock work and she did the rest. She has no interest though.
I’m speechless totally. Beautiful!. These are agates from the lake beach?
I believe they're from the ocean beach in Scotland.
I collect these types of agates from the volcanic rocks that surround montrose in the north east of scotland, you find the small agates within the rocks where you can break them open and the i cut them with a tile saw, then you tumble them in a rock tumbler, they are small but they are really beautiful
I know ever I am going to find me some nice agate now. & it isn't far from my in-laws home free B&B. Lol
I would love to go hunting for those. Good luck!