Cutting BOTSWANA Agates Open w/ Lapidary Saw | Beautiful Bands Inside!
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- For the first time ever, I am cutting open some Botswana agates from Africa! These agates were sent to me by Alex to cut and I am so happy with how these banded gemstones turned out! Check out the 10" Hi Tech Diamond saw I used in this video here: linktr.ee/Agat...
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Taylor, your enthusiasm is contagious! I thought I was the only one that got that much joy from cutting rocks open to see what's inside but you're definitely as excited as I am for every single reveal. Thanks for sharing.
I love how each agate is so unique and beautiful in its own way. Great job and great reveals!
Thank you so much!
Keep up the rock cutting series! You have the perfect format & it’s super addictive
Thanks so much!
aside from iris agate, botswana agate honestly has to be one of my favorites
It’s a good kind!
BOTSWANA for the win! Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. 😷⚒
Botswana agates are beautiful. So many agates so many different patterns in our world. Thanks for sharing this awesomeness.
That's some of the most beautiful agates I've ever seen. Absolutely Stunning!
Botswana agates are so beautiful! The last one was so unique with the orange band!
I love seeing agates from other places around the world. It's so cool!
I have boutht me some Botswana agats and they look like the most beutiful of those you cut. Really fabulous!!!!!!!
Oh your gosh! 😉😉😉 There are a lot of beauty, in this group of agates!
Oh yes!
Those 3 agates patterns look like feathers or flames. Very attractive.
Botswana agates are one of my favs! These were so cool! Thanks Alex for sharing, and you for sharing this cutting video!
I really dig the purple in those.
Love me sum Botswana! Breathtaking!
Not finished watching but the first one looks like feathers to me. Can’t wait to finish the video.
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Love the Burgundy and dark gray one, also the two you thought we really awesome! ❤❤😃
Same!
Now THAT was fun to watch! LOVED it!
I’m glad!
Wow those agates have really beautiful bands on the inside. Those were worth cutting open. I like the one at 2:36. Thanks for sharing. Liked. From Jordan
Definitely worth cutting!
Awesome awesome awesome 👏🏻 all were so beautiful 🤩
Yeah they were!
5:06 I love the ones with Quartz. Very nice. I definitely have to buy something from your shop. 💯♥️🌍👑
Beautiful! My favorite is the maroon one that you cut near the end.
Those Botswana agates where amazing I would have to go with you on the favorite those are outstanding
Such a good group!
Some of them look like angel’s wings.
That was awesome. I never get tired of seeing the beauty inside rocks.
Batswana the beautiful hues of blue and purple, I have some that have a pinkish to crimson hue. Fun times. Happy hounding.
hermosas piedras! saludos desde Buenos Aires, Argentina!!!
OMG I need fan!!! SOOOOO MANY BANDS!!!😳The colors and the white is just outstanding!!! All are stunning!!! I think the last was my fav because it's not common and the ones with the quartz reminds me of the "tunnel with the white light at the end!" That's a true gift!🧡
Love watching the cutting
I’m glad 🙂
All of them are beautiful. Thank you for sharing
The burgundy agate was my favorite!
The first stone looked like butterfly wings.
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Wow, wow, wow!!! All are so gorgeous! Love your cutting videos! 😊
Thanks so much! 😊
Wow!! Those are fantastic!!
Right??
Exquisite agates! The lavender to bluish gray with the perfectly packed parallel banding is beyond spectacular! Wow! ❤
I couldn’t wait to see this vid and it did not disappoint. 🎇
Wow cutting rocks is my favorite segment thanks for beautiful sharing 😊
I love your enthusiasm! The agates are really stunning ✨️
WOW! some great surprises in these agates! Very pretty!
I am literally the only rockhound I know in Botswana 🇧🇼. Its so bad sometimes people think I'm crazy. It would be really nice finding these people that share the same interests.
Lucky! I bet you have amazing finds!
They are Beautiful.
Absolutely!
The reveals were awesome. Gorgeous! I don’t know where my agate is from. Not much banding. Milky blueish greys with a triangle in the center.
Really amazing agates. It is worth cutting them ❤👍👍👍
Nature's gifts, nature's paintings. Absolutely beautiful
Some absolute stunners there! Funny thing is the very first one reminded me of Wile E Coyote’s eyes.
Get out of town! 😂 Beautiful agates, nicely done Agate Dad. 😊
Very beautiful!
Nossa!!!! Lindas LINDAS LINDAS LINDAS. MARAVILHOSAS PEDRAS...Parabéns.....DIMAIS....apaixonei pelas ágatas
Great vid bro. Those Botswana agates are insane!
Yes they are!
First one looked like an oyster.
You can't go wrong with Botswana, they always seem to be amazing. Doesn't seem to have many fractures. Well done! ❤️🎸🏏
definitely a great batch!
Had to come back quickly to hit the LIKE button. Loved them all but my favorite was the Translucent one with the beautiful Orange Band. I think it was the last one in your video. It was a stand-out to me, loved seeing them all though.
Such gorgeous agates. Wow.
It's so amazing to me how nature replicate itself to me they all look like butterfly wings back-to-back!!! Or like the beginning of a moth stunning!!🦋🦋🦋🦋
I like your enthusiasm!
☺️
can you do an episode that just agates from around the world? that would be sweeeet
As my collection grows, I think that would be great!
That is the most beautiful 🥰 rocks 👍 ihave seen in a while ❤
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Nossa meu nome tem IRIS.....AIDA IRIS...ágata IRIS não conhecia.....Parabéns Taylor
Another batch of awesome agates. I have so many I need/want to cut. I will definitely be doing some cutting videos in the not so distant future.
Thanks bud! Can’t wait to see!
I love the maroon one 1 of favorite....❤❤❤❤
Pretty!
So beautiful !!
I would be so reluctant to send those back ...so beautiful ❤️
I just bought some to cut for us so I’m really excited to get those!
@@AgateDad 👍 👍👍 😁
Your content is super duper cool!!! Thank you!
Glad you think so!
Awesome agates! A local rock shop near me have annual clearance sales and last year, I bought a 5-gallon bucket of Botswana Agates! They never fail to surprise me when I cut into one. I barely made a dent in the bucket though, still have 75% of that bucket to cut! 😄 Thanks for the great video!
As always all of them are beautiful. To hard to choose.
very pretty
Botswana agate are one of my favorite agates next to lakers❤❤
Most are Fossilized Dino Era Eggs.. beautiful and each one unique depending on hatching location from the shell.❤
lol no
In Australia we call these Thunder eggs you can see why, well that’s what my mum called these. New Sub😊 from Northern mud larks
Thanks for joining ❤️
Awesome, I'll be there, cant wait 😺🧡💙
🙌🙌
So amazing!
Glad you think so!
Dziękuję💚Każdy z tych agatów jest wyjątkowy. Pozdrawiam z Polski😊
What a beauties! 🥰🥰🥰
I get closed captioning…..it said, “Let’s go cut some maggots.” LOL
It is great fun to watch you cut. The last of the skinny rocks (third?) looked like two grey feathers. Thanks.
That’s hilarious!
They look like muscle or clam shells when cut in half like that. I have some to cut myself, looking forward to it
Hi Taylor! I am an agate enthousiast myself, and if you are okay with it, I would like to give a tip. The agates you cut tend to go a bit too fast. They end up with micro fractures, which make them more difficult to polish in the end. You can see all the small white markings that follow each other up, those are fractures from cutting too fast or rough😊
The agates after 7:30 show the micro fractures very well
Well I agree they have micro surface fractures, most clips are sped up if that’s not known but I am working on figuring out how to maintain cooler blade and water temperature to minimize this issue. I actually talk about this in tomorrows video 😂
@@AgateDad awesome! It can have all sorts of causes. If you buy agates cut in China, they will all have these fractures. Luckily, I don't have this problem at home😅
I like it stone
I'm motswana geologist, i wish i could send some of my finds to you to review in your channel❤
ola! apreciando essas belezas da natureza, gosto das ágatas, também trabalho com pedras, inscrição e like
butterflies and elf ears
¡ ¡¡ Me gustan todas! ! !
Me too!
Magnifique ..... j'aimerais en trouver de si belles :)
Beautiful agates. How would those react under UV light?
No idea!!
No idea!!
At 9:47 it looks like the water is going up instead of down lol so weird
2:33 WHAT A BEAUT. Oh my! 🤤😍♥️👑🌍🛐✝️
The first one looked like an oyster...
🐝💕such beautiful agates! How do you decide which orientation makes the best cut?
I kind of explained that in my last video but sometimes, hard to explain over text.
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How long do your saw blades typically last?
Depends on how frequently I use the saw and what kind of material I am using. I usuallt make it at least a couple months to 6 months.
Como se llama esa máquina para cortar ágatas y donde la puedo comprar
10” Hi Tech Diamond saw (linked in description)
for tha algorithm 😂
How do you have all your fingers? That looks pretty dangerous.
It’s not
Ok someone help me out. Why is he so comfortable with his finger so close to the saw blade?
Because it’s a lapidary saw with a continuous diamond blade (toothless) and that blade grinds the stone. It’s not like a wood saw.
@@AgateDad so how bad is it when it nips ur finger?
Some of the dark ones take your breath away
Absolutely 😄
Safety First
Always 🙌
**droooooooooooooooooooool**
* hands😊
They look like onions
Can you possibly pronounce Agets correctly?
I do every single time as per my accent. Can you accept that? Had to add, it’s spelled “agates”.