Are these ugly agate nodules beautiful inside?!

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4 ай бұрын

Are these ugly agate nodules beautiful inside?! Let's cut them open on my 6" lapidary saw and find out! These agates are condor agates from Argentina. I also polish a bunch of Malawi agates as well as the condor agates! All available on my etsy.
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@AgateDad 4 ай бұрын

Let me know what you thought of this video in the comments :) don’t forget to check out our equipment and store here linktr.ee/AgateDad

@christinadanielsson2977 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely beautiful!! The red-brown-purple is wow!😀

@JulesUS8386 4 ай бұрын

Love the video of the polishing process. It is a project with that many! Your favorite Condor Agate I was lucky enough to nab!! I can’t wait for that and the Malawi Agates to come❤ Thank you so much for your hard work on them, and your blood sweat and tears. Literally 🤛🩹🩸 I appreciate you!!

@gingerredshoes 4 ай бұрын

This channel is one cheerful, wholesome dopamine hit after another. 😊

@AgateDad 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

@HalseyOG 2 ай бұрын

I second this

@Beabe880 4 ай бұрын

The one you saw as a beaver I saw as a turtle lol very pretty agates!

@gingerredshoes 4 ай бұрын

Haha I saw a sheep in the bird piece, and a buffalo instead of a beaver. Brains are so interesting.

@maryzefo3801 4 ай бұрын

I thought the beaver was backward😅 our brains can sure tell us strange things 😅

@WoodyHettinger 4 ай бұрын

And I see a Buffalo!

@nightcrawlernerdking8129 4 ай бұрын

I did too!

@QueenWitch23 4 ай бұрын

I saw a turtle as well!

@cynthiagenone3436 4 ай бұрын

I randomly found your channel and absolutely love what you do. I want to get into cutting rocks and polishing them because of you. I'm trying to talk my husband to but me the whole step up. Eventually I'll wear him down lol😂

@marygrummer9189 4 ай бұрын

This brought back memories of my grandfather, who was a dedicated “rock hound”, and had a rock tumbler in their basement the size of a Volkswagen ( or so it seemed to us kids). We were always amazed at the beauty inside those ugly rocks. I have a couple of gorgeous rings he made that I truly treasure. 😊

@roserea3156 23 күн бұрын

A Galaxie

@user-hm6bn6kw6k 4 ай бұрын

These condor agates are so dramatic.Thank you for letting us watch!

@danababcock2766 4 ай бұрын

The one with the fracture would be cool to cut right through the fracture and then polish it on 2 sides… Beautiful agates!

@robins_corner 4 ай бұрын

Looking at the injuries on your hands... what labor of love! Enjoying your channel and all the pretty stones, corals, poO rocks and all the gems!

@AgateDad 4 ай бұрын

So worth it (it’s pretty minimal)

@maryzefo3801 4 ай бұрын

Can't help but admire a guy that says how much he loves his wife😊 I hope you have made her some beautiful jewelry 😅❤

@AgateDad 4 ай бұрын

Men should be all about their wives ❤️

@user-jx9qv5in9l 2 ай бұрын

Mr Bones is back! It's amazing how polishing brings out the depth that sometimes you can't see at first.

@JnVrockhounding 4 ай бұрын

Bird and a turtle is what I see in those two. Love the Malawi’s

@joang.cavanna2046 3 ай бұрын

I love the way the cut dissected the calcite crystals in the first agate. Soo interesting! In the third one I love the way the orange glows so bright then flares into the blue. Amazing! I love that long Malawi agate. So unique!

@geoffjohnson6555 4 ай бұрын

dang, those argentine agates were awesome! I'm bummed they went so quick on the store! i lived in north argentina for 2 years as a missionary for my church, that place is near & dear to my heart. Great video taylor, as always, i appreciate it. and Jude says hi, and he is over the moon excited about his Christmas/birthday present and your note. Thank you!! much love from us

@TheSimmy77 4 ай бұрын

Condor agates are soo pretty!!!!

@audraacklin9826 4 ай бұрын

The purplish blue one looked like it has fire around the edges. Cool! ❤

@cmmc3400 4 ай бұрын

Some of these would benefit from a window opened in the back to let light in. Love the channel and love Agates!

@karenhenderson3295 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for putting out such amazing content. I teach high school, and I so look forward to your videos as a tranquil escape from routine chaos!

@WifeMomOsi 4 ай бұрын

Good morning.....i just found your channel last night and already love it!!

@AgateDad 4 ай бұрын

Welcome to the family!

@caobita 4 ай бұрын

Very beautiful agates. It was a pleasure to watch 🖒

@kellyharper367 4 ай бұрын

Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: 2nd comment: Nice polish job, Agate Dad!!!

@pamelaklemp5615 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful assortment of colors and shapes.

@sherrybriggs5459 4 ай бұрын

The last one is my favorite

@kellyharper367 4 ай бұрын

Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: Ooooh! Those colors!

@JeffWeymier 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful Agates

@peggyallen6084 4 ай бұрын

That first “ugly “ rock you cut in this video was incredibly beautiful!! Again, who could ever deny the existence of God when all this beauty is found inside !!?

@AgateDad 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

@ashleydp91 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful Malawi agates! They are my favorite! I see a turtle with the bird! Lol Thanks for the content! 😊

@heytheresally1 4 ай бұрын

Can you share any tips for knowing which direction to cut them in? Thanks, love your channel!!

@WifeMomOsi 4 ай бұрын

I love agates!!!!

@izzywizzy416 4 ай бұрын

Ugly agates 😮 you know they’re gateways to another dimension 😂 what stunners they turned out to be #3 looked almost celestial when you opened it up and the others had a beautiful contrast as if forged in the fires of mount doom would love to see more of these 😍 another great one thanks Agate Dad

@kitskivich 4 ай бұрын

They're all gorgeous! The dark ones with orange look like they're lit up.

@sherrybriggs5459 4 ай бұрын

All of them very gorgeous

@Lavendeer201 4 ай бұрын

Awesooome! Cant wait to get back to hounding

@providencedivine1 4 ай бұрын

Condor agates never disappoint. Glad you found your way to some.

@unseelie63 4 ай бұрын

Just gorgeous!

@JeannetteReed 3 ай бұрын

Very interested! The rocks I've got match some you cut. Mystery finds from U. S. West, best guess. Seeing the outside of rocks, knowing where it's origin was is valuable knowledge, precisely what I hoped to find! Thanks! A Zentnerd from Washington 🌲 PS: Get Silk Socks! Longies, too. Wet, dry, those keep out winter.

@stephendavis7057 4 ай бұрын

The color contrast from the inside to the outside of those agates really make the colors pop and to be honest really make the outside of those stones just a nice as they are on the inside that orange really brightens up after you cut and polish them

@janehelbert7551 4 ай бұрын

The first one is my favorite!

@carylfontaine3640 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely STUNNING ❤❤❤

@amirabdelaziz4427 4 ай бұрын

Excellent findings , excellent work 👍

@GREEKEXPLORERS 4 ай бұрын

Amazing video!! Thanks for sharing!!

@AgateDad 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@kathylewis7543 4 ай бұрын

Loiving that firy vibe!

@patriciamckean4186 4 ай бұрын

Such a nice shine.

@laelPeters 3 ай бұрын

if you take nice pictures of your favorite rocks you could apply for an exibition with the poetics of the rock and the inside stuff. Really nice, think about getting in the art system with this love and passion you have! nice video as always

@juliesudworth3044 4 ай бұрын

Stunning

@kathylewis7543 4 ай бұрын

Sweet stuff!!!

@lisamills-wv6nc 4 ай бұрын

Wow! Those blue and oranges are breathtaking! Beautiful job polishing! You should really put a bandage on your boo boo. Some of the minerals in rocks are toxic, like quartz, ect! Don't want no rock dust getting in your boo boo! 😊

@Linda-nl6co 4 ай бұрын

Those are really beautiful 😊💕👍

@raystevens687 4 ай бұрын

Those are very good.

@karlahall9058 4 ай бұрын

I love you're cutting videos😊

@AgateDad 4 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

@nanciegreen8168 Ай бұрын

Gorgeous

@518hs 4 ай бұрын

Very cool!

@TheWinnieWonka 4 ай бұрын

Instability aside, the fractures have a beauty all their own.

@lindabeamish1796 4 ай бұрын

Well... i immediately saw a dragons head - not a beaver! Lol! (& thank you for sharing).

@maryjackson9816 2 ай бұрын

I am a rock hound that doesn't get to rock hound😂 I absolutely love watching the videos, the cutting and polishing. Very relaxing. I think the rocks and geodes that you consider not so pretty are gorgeous. Do you sell your rough cuts or not so pretty geodes?? Keeep the videos coming.

@HarmlesWanderer 4 ай бұрын

you should try windshield crack repair kit for those fractured ones before polishing.

@-hw- 4 ай бұрын

very pretty

@beckyandrew53 4 ай бұрын

I was surprised at how colorful these a agates are

@japedrasbrilhantes5465 4 ай бұрын

Grande Ágate Dad, vejo seus vídeos e tento fazer, amo as pedras, aqui no Brasil tem muitas Ágatas, obrigado por compartilhar

@melindaschluter1669 26 күн бұрын

The flaws add beauty to them! At least i think so! ❤❤❤

@cindyrebstock2334 4 ай бұрын

So many beautiful agates. My favorite ones are the ones that look like a “bird” and a “beaver”. Seems to have so much depth. All the smaller ones are beautiful as well. Thanks for sharing. Sorry about your hand….no need to polish it! 😉

@stephaniepatterson5634 4 ай бұрын

I know people send you their agates sometimes, but do viewers send you all of these agates or do you purchase some as well? If you purchase them, would you mind sharing where? Rockhound for 36 years now here who found your channel recently. I was quickly obsessed, went out and bought saw, and now could cut rocks I’ve found for days. 😂 I just love seeing the surprise of what is (or isn’t inside)! Thank you for the awesome videos!

@terryleslied 4 ай бұрын

The one you see as a beaver, I see as a dragon's head. The dragon's eye is in the center of the larger section and the "beaver's eye" would be his nostril. That is my favorite piece!

@ehrenkrause9861 4 ай бұрын

It's funny You have a very affordable wet saw to cut your stones but you have a pretty nice polisher where I on the other hand have $1,000 what saw for cutting tile that really cut stone very well and then I have these nice polishing pads that we used to touch up granite and marble countertops to do the same polishing. The nice thing about the grinding polishing is it's super fast ☺️👍

@kastah 4 ай бұрын

I like the Malawi-agats best, but they are not ugly those from Argentina either, but...Malawi is best. Lot of work!!

@PaulTCM 4 ай бұрын

That one looks like a turtle to me lol 😆 love them!!!

@yehonatanbasson 4 ай бұрын

wow!

@KittyKeypurr 4 ай бұрын

I have a slab of rock I picked up (I'm not home atm to measure but I'd say about 18"×12" or so and about 10" deep.) Full of pretty things 🤭 I'd love to be able to slice it someday 🥰

@BrittanyClark-nv9yw 4 ай бұрын

Aweee. We want to meet the wifeeeeeeeeee ❤

@constancepentzer3017 4 ай бұрын

Is there a way to cut the stones that would allow more of the center to be in one piece? It would be nice to have a bigger piece polished on all sides for a pendant.

@bethhaas9859 4 ай бұрын

Good morning all.

@AgateDad 4 ай бұрын

Good morning!

@karlahall9058 4 ай бұрын

Good morning .

@Qwackdawack 4 ай бұрын

So amazing how can I get into rocks without expensive saws?

@kathylewis7543 4 ай бұрын

Does the top of the saw lift up so you can do bigger rocks I saw someone recently do that!

@lesliewood8382 4 ай бұрын

The beaver was definitely a buffalo!

@user-kh9lu7ee4u 3 ай бұрын

The next to the last one that was the blue it looks as if you are looking up out of the depths of the earth into the sky

@captainflint89 3 ай бұрын

would love to heat treat some and knapp an arrowhead from this , i think it would require a kiln to heat it though , perhaps you know someone who can heat treat some slabs ? i have scottish pitchstone obsidian and various other cool scottish rocks if you ever fancied a trade set up

@BirdWhisperer46 Ай бұрын

When showing these cut slabs, how about putting the light behind the thin piece?

@janehelbert7551 4 ай бұрын

Wow! The inside doesn't look anything like what's on the inside!

@nancyb1605 4 ай бұрын

🐝 Taylor, Great rock cutting today! If you further cut those halves into 1/2” slabs, removing the crusts, would light shine through them?

@AgateDad 4 ай бұрын

Probably!

@pokeytoad1988 4 ай бұрын

Could a small slice be cut off the back of a sliced agate? Then place a light over the small slice.Would it make the layers and bands show more?

@debrawittig3944 4 ай бұрын

I've always wondered why you cut them in half and not slabs

@AgateDad 4 ай бұрын

If I wanted to do cabs I’d make slabs

@cherylthorpe3933 4 ай бұрын

How have you still got all your fingers!

@niscacoons436 4 ай бұрын

Where can I get rock that can be cut? What do you charge to cut them for me ? If I get some and we can share them you can have one half and I can get the other half

@amberandrews6842 4 ай бұрын

Goes to show you have to look inside to find the true beauty!!!

@leannaerickson9745 4 ай бұрын

A bird? A BIRD!?! Is a Lake Superior Agate just a rock? Do you know how difficult is to reestablish the California Condor in North America!?! Just about the time we think we're making progress, a population in California is wiped out by forest fires. If that were not bad enough, some people are still using lead bullets and illegal pesticides that kill Condors when they eat the remains (They're part of nature's recycling crew.). If you ever get to see a live Condor in the U.S., count yourself lucky. Plus many cultures hold the Condor as sacred. A bird? It's so much more than just a bird. By the way, good video, Beautiful agates, fantastic polishing. Keep up the good work.🐦🪨

@nateb4543 3 ай бұрын

First time here and all the sudden, all of my agates in my tiny collection are pretty lame

@TheHabuma 2 ай бұрын

15:32 That is obviously a miners helmet and not a beaver. Or a tortoise/turtle with no legs.

@barnabyhuckleberry3103 3 ай бұрын

How do you still have your thumb tips?

@AgateDad 3 ай бұрын

Because I don’t cut them off..?

@barnabyhuckleberry3103 3 ай бұрын

@@AgateDad amazing

@AdamosDad 4 ай бұрын

5:01 conjoined nodules?

@briandeeley1599 4 ай бұрын

Why not use a flat polishing disc for a flat cut? the rounded polished surface gives off a lot of glare at many viewing angles.

@AgateDad 4 ай бұрын

If I had a way to get a perfect polish in a timely fashion for flat cuts I would :)

@Lindaraylong 4 ай бұрын

Where you see beaver I see a dragon head.

@maidatoyoartiles5919 4 ай бұрын

💖🤩👍👍👍

@user-hz2xl4co9u 4 ай бұрын

I saw a turtle 🐢😃

@susanselko-millman4889 4 ай бұрын

What 135k 👍

@ShaneHoffa 4 ай бұрын

Where do you buy those ugly agate nodules?

@AgateDad 4 ай бұрын

Internet

@ShaneHoffa 4 ай бұрын

@@AgateDad I figured. What sites?

@charlesmills6621 4 ай бұрын

Why ''eygate''?

@AgateDad 4 ай бұрын

It’s “agate”

@cynthiadriver9781 4 ай бұрын

I believe since there is only one "g" in agate it would be a long A..if there were two g's in "aggate" it would be a short A..

@Visible.to.anyone.on.youtube.1 4 ай бұрын

I saw a turtle not a bird😂

@jansmith1113 4 ай бұрын

It looks more like a turtle than a beaver.

@paulwells782 4 ай бұрын

I say turtle.

@activedogzz100 11 күн бұрын

So you can bange watch

@cynthiadriver9781 4 ай бұрын

Please don't polish your knuckle to the bone to see how it looks lol...

@AgateDad 4 ай бұрын

😂