Glad you liked it!

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Thank you very much! Cutting the rocks can be just as fun as finding them!

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Thank you very much! I agree on the last one! Had the geode look.

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching!

Thank you! 😊

Thanks for the kind words and for your support!!! There’s no science behind choosing which way to cut. Sometimes is based on what’s the easiest way to cut it with the saw!!

Thanks!! Those were great rocks!!

The colors on this beach are awesome. Its one of our fav beaches to go to.

Glad you liked it!

Hi there and thanks! Yes you might be right on that piece. It looks like flow banded Rhyolite.

Thank you!

Thank you! Cheers!

I think it was Coral. The till in that area overlies a carbonate reef structure.

Jasper is my favorite rock as well!

Thanks a lot!!

Thanks!! Oh yes...you never know what treasure is waiting inside! I was pleasantly surprised with the last red jasper agate. This is why this hobby is soooo addictive!!

I totally agree!😀😁 Watching is nearly as good when you can't get out to rockhound! Cheers from Down Under 🙃

Thanks Judy! Did you get my email regarding your prize? I sent you 2 emails. Maybe check your junk mail?

Yeah its definitely not pet wood. I completely changed my tune on it. I'm pretty sure its flow banded rhyolite. The thing i love about Nova Scotia jasper is that it comes in such a variety of colors and textures depending where you are. Dark red, bright red, yellow, green. Thanks for watching!!

Thank you very much! Definitely lots more to come!

Thanks! Where are you from?

@@RockhoundingLife I grew up in Montana, but live in Hawaii now. I have found some small quartz crystals, and a little bit of jasper, but not much more than that. I have collected an abundance of enhydros within the quartz crystals, so that has been fun. But for the most part, the geology is just too young to have developed many interesting mineral deposits.

Thanks! These Jasper agates were some of the best i've ever cut.

It’s one of the best parts of the hobby. Like opening presents at Xmas as a kid!

Rockhounding Life yes!!!!!

Yes I came to this realization after I cut it. Its most likely flow banded rhyolite.

Thanks! Yeah you could be right on that rock. I’m still a bit stumped on it. Rhyolite is the extrusive equivalent to granite when talking igneous rocks so it should have the same mineral assemblages as granite (Feldspar, Quartz, biotite). It’s possible they are in there. I suggested metamorphic because the minerals look grouped together in the banding. It’s fun trying to figure this stuff out!!!

Nice!! Its addictive!

Hi there. This rock has been a mystery for sure. It isn’t magnetic so I don’t think it’s BIF. I don’t think it’s pet wood either as I initially thought. I’ve now settled on flow banded Rhyolite but still not 100%.

Yes. Flow banded rhyolite

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Those are hard to come by😢

@@RockhoundingLife I can make carnelian 😁

Sure thing! You can send pics to: rockhoundinglife@gmail.com

I think i'm referring to glacial till in this case

Basically in the dirt. Till is the sediment left from glacier retreat.

The lighthouse is too far over. We go into the provincial park to the picnic beach and walk to the left. This time of year it's picked over pretty good. You can still find an agate or two though. Beginning of spring is the best time to go.

@@RockhoundingLife ty very much love yr vids over been learning so much this my frst official season of hounding so I've been going to lower cove most of the time theres a fair mix lots of chardonnay an I think I've found lots of quarts an some jasper a few plant fossils theres a couple I really love would love to share pics an get yr opinion I follow u on fb too

Apparently there isn't one called parrsboro provincial park lol

I have a 7” Ryobi table top wet tile saw I use for trimming seam agates and smaller rocks. I have a 7” top cut wet tile saw for my bigger rocks ( probably will upgrade to a “10 saw soon). I polish my cut rocks with a 10 stage/grit polishing wheel set that I attach to my drill. For tumbling I have a 6lb tumbler I use for my coarse runs, a double barrel (3lb each) tumbler for stage 3-4 and a single 3lb tumbler for polish. I keep all my stages running in the same barrels all the time. You don’t have to do that but I find it helps keep contamination down. As a beginner I would just get a single barrel 3lb tumbler or a double barrel 3lb tumbler.

After my vacation (mid Aug) I will do a video showing my set up.

@@RockhoundingLife right on man, that's a nice set up, I was looking into a double barrel vibratory tumbler as well, not sure if the claims of it being any faster are true or not.

I will probably switch over to a larger rotary barrel for coarse runs and then get a vibratory tumbler for all the other stages as it cuts down on time and grit.

Hey man thanks a lot! Yeah I've been watching your videos and i'm digging your finds. I'm a Jasper lover and you are finding some nice ones. Thanks for the sub and lets stay in touch.

Rockhounding Life yeah man definitely will. Do you have IG?

I'm going to set up an IG account for the channel. I'll send it to you once set up.

Rockhounding Life sounds good brotha 👍

Absolutely!! Email and Instagram. rockhoundinglife@gmail.com @rockhoundinglife

Thank you! Cheers!

Thank you! Cheers!