Porphyry Cut Open w/ Lapidary Saw // Feldspar Crystals inside!

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2 жыл бұрын

Join along on a fun rock cutting adventure where we grab a bunch of raw chunks of porphyry to open up and expose their inner goodness! These are some of my favorite stones to cut because, just like agates, are absolutely unique and no two are the same! I am using my 10" lapidary saw from Hi-Tech Diamond, check out their info below!
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@AgateDad 2 жыл бұрын

Want more rock cutting?? Check out this video where I cut open a bunch of agates from AFRICA kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j9xpocJ1v9TFeoU.html

@cuarzorojomichoacan7050 2 жыл бұрын

Hi you Want see my video Black and White rock

@kathymiller3649 2 жыл бұрын

I have never seen this before everyone laughs at me iam always picking up rocks cant cut them though yours are beautiful

@BolinFoto Жыл бұрын

That's not long that's pretty quick. My great great grandfather worked at the Porphyry mine in Älvdalen Sweden and back then it took them one whole day to cut och drill 1 mm of Älvdalsporfyr :D

@maria1965rodriquez Жыл бұрын

@rightsideupupsidedown1512 Жыл бұрын

Seriously I agree I wonder if he still has eight fingers and two thumbs this was a year ago never know

@j.r.r5863 2 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who gets nervous for his fingers???

@janekokoszko7525 2 жыл бұрын

I can see that he has thoroughly read his health and safety manual. The least that he should do is to find something that pushes the stone through the saw blade in the same way that woodworkers do.

@Wriwnas1 2 жыл бұрын

@@janekokoszko7525 yes, plz! This is crazy scary dangerous!

@geneticdisorder1900 2 жыл бұрын

@@oldladyfarmer7211 Meh, it’s just a diamond wheel, not like he’s using a 12” carbide rip blade. On another note, I wasn’t expecting the inside of the rock, to look like the outside of the rock. Thought for shur a prehistoric chicken would have been inside one of them. Sadness level 2.79. 🫠🫠🫣🤣

@catibree1 2 жыл бұрын

I kept waiting to see tips of fingers flying off here and there.

@smack9835 2 жыл бұрын

I've been cutting rocks for decades.Thiis guy is going to lose a finger tip ala Johnny Depp.

@cynthiaguthrie8303 2 жыл бұрын

Porphory is underrated by many. Nice that you appreciate it's beauty

@AgateDad 2 жыл бұрын

I agree and happy to share its beauty

@GeodeCrackerCollector 2 жыл бұрын

Those were all beautiful! Thanks for sharing with us. Single handedly making everyone fall in love with porphyry!

@CityRockhounding 2 жыл бұрын

Right, nobody shows this awesome stuff besides Taylor!

@AgateDad 2 жыл бұрын

Haha that’s the goal!

@AgateDad 2 жыл бұрын

It’ll make its way into others lives ❤️

@GrandTreasureBay 2 жыл бұрын

Agate dad's just over here saving the geology game on KZfaq 🙌🔥

@AgateDad 2 жыл бұрын

You rock! Trying my best to spread the love for this beautiful hobby ❤️❤️❤️

@majdali1929 Жыл бұрын

very true

@sandmaker 2 жыл бұрын

They were all cool. I liked the first one that had the starburst pattern show up, but all were really good. Thanks for sharing! Be happy, safe and stay healthy 😷⚒

@dianarose4122 2 жыл бұрын

This video so relaxing to watch. The cuts you made turned out very interesting to say the least. Some of the designs to me, looked Far Eastern. I loved that look. So different. Thanks for sharing!!

@zanescents3986 2 жыл бұрын

Omg as a geology major student this is a dream! Pure beauty 😍also from Lake Superior area

@AgateDad 2 жыл бұрын

🙏🤘🤘

@waynelacroix8870 2 жыл бұрын

Those are very common out here in California. We have found some that weigh over 60 lbs. They call them flower stones because of the flower pattern that show up. Depending where you are agates should show milky white and rusty red. Some are even light blue and green. Good luck to you and keep searching!

@bluntforcetrauma2141 Жыл бұрын

Where about in cali?

@mousemeat1352 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful vlog, most of us don't have a clue about the beauty we take for granted. Will never say it's just a rock again.

@AgateDad 2 жыл бұрын

🙏🤘🤘

@elaynebrant6842 2 жыл бұрын

I'd be terrified of cutting my fingers off.

@ZeldaRosenthal Жыл бұрын

I think the one you don’t like so much is fantastic. Thank you for the video! 😁

@donnabeaudin9114 2 жыл бұрын

I think they were all really pretty! A couple possibilities for 4:17 may be Tectonic Breccia or Orbicular Granite.

@AgateDad 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@kellyharper367 Жыл бұрын

Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: I enjoyed collecting and working porphyry. Some people don't care much for it but I see these little crystals and inclusions as nature's hand writing. A mysterious geological language to decipher and understand. Mathematics, chemistry, physics, and nature's artistry made solid.

@dustbunny3824 2 жыл бұрын

I know I'd be looking for the various letters, stars, flowers etc. The strong contrasts are best. Nice.

@snort5203 9 ай бұрын

I wouldn’t mind having a kitchen counter, made out of that last one or any of them!

@arongstone 2 жыл бұрын

Very beautiful video. That's awesome to see the insides of rocks, And i also like them, its look different inside color too.

@novallasuter5265 2 жыл бұрын

The exterior is so beautiful. I can't wait to see the inside.

@leonacrowley164 2 жыл бұрын

All of those rocks are really beautiful

@veronicaperkins8315 Жыл бұрын

I find beauty in every rock...thanks for sharing these beauties❤️

@elishahankin6465 Ай бұрын

Those look like something under a microscope...so cool! ❤

@reeree6682 2 жыл бұрын

The first and second ones were the most diverse.

@berjo77 2 жыл бұрын

Always nice. Your vid’s have encouraged me to invest in a small tile saw. It really expands the hobby. Nice!

@AgateDad 2 жыл бұрын

awesome! Which one?!

@berjo77 2 жыл бұрын

@@AgateDad just the smallest one sold at Harbor Freight. It’s a lightweight, but it cuts. Waiting on warmer weather with a dozen or so waiting to be cut (my shop is an unheated garage).

@trixieleigh7912 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the bucket zoom 😊

@bigbeardog99 2 жыл бұрын

I was already intrigued with the rock cutting then you mentioned the North Shore, my uncle lived 1 or 2 miles north of Gooseberry Falls. He too was an agate hunter. I still have a belt buckle he made and a few nice pieces he polished. I've had these a long time, he passed away in 85.

@elizabethlewis3509 2 жыл бұрын

Love learning about new specimens to look for in my hunts.

@rosemarienin9823 8 ай бұрын

Those stones could be cut thinner and used to lay them all out like a jigsaw puzzle, place a form around them, and pour some epoxy to create a fabulous table top. The thought of it makes me salivate.

@calvinhobbs1761 7 ай бұрын

How cool, 15 minutes ago I did not even know what lapidary was, now I want one!

@AgateDad 7 ай бұрын

Welcome to the community :)

@janetcastellano4141 2 жыл бұрын

Loved the rocks they are beautiful. Even the big one . Thank you for sharing.

@susantipsyhealy7655 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, I had never heard of this mineral. I need to research it more. That you for teaching me my daily lesson.

@ravynalexander1895 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for all of your videos! Even though I am in Colorado, I am learning so much and having so much fun going on these adventures with you! I really appreciate you showing us how you cut the stones too, so when I do get to that stage, I will have your videos to reference 😊 stay safe and keep having fun!

@beckyh1369 2 жыл бұрын

I am fascinated by porphyry. I love it! Thanks for letting us watch you cut some! I thought they were all beautiful, each in its own way! The soft one seemed to be more sedimentary in nature.

@patriciakaufmann2229 2 жыл бұрын

I think they are all cool!!!

@allinforjesus 2 жыл бұрын

I just cringe watching fingers so close to a saw blade. can't make some kind of jig to hold those rocks? love the show

@SwampDonkey64 8 ай бұрын

That blade won’t cut him, he’s to soft. Really it won’t.

@dianapearson1771 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! I see you have all ten fingers!!

@hannahknight3272 Жыл бұрын

I just said "lapidary saw hell yes" out loud I'm so excited to watch this video

@Lindaraylong Жыл бұрын

They all looked cool.

@sandmaker 2 жыл бұрын

Yhere is just something mesmerizing cutting rocks to see what treasures they hold. You gor a good batch there. Thanks for sharing the treasures. Keep the goodness coming. Be happy, safe and stay healthy 😷⚒

@MrsCynfuller 2 жыл бұрын

I have never seen that stone before. But then again I’m in Texas. Thank you for sharing. Beautiful

@annemariemayr3576 2 жыл бұрын

They are all nice looking, somebody will have them too. I always was thinking to live in States with a big fireplace in house, could look great to have few there 🙏👍💖

@joang.cavanna2046 8 ай бұрын

Awesome! I like the first one the best. Thanks for sharing.

@badapple65 2 жыл бұрын

Rock Star! There must be a cool art project of sorts to do with many rocks cut in half.

@bettygoldsmith5192 2 жыл бұрын

You make me sooo nervous watching you cut open these rocks with your hands so close to that blade! Omg! Thanks for sharing! I want a saw now!!!

@kajifar1257 2 жыл бұрын

Im just scared u accidently cut your hand 😂😐😑

@soniak2865 2 жыл бұрын

These were the best yet!!!

@debbiemeyer6396 2 жыл бұрын

These rocks are beautiful even without agate in them. I can see some great cabochons coming from them.

@naminaoberhausen2131 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful rocks. Liked. From Jordan

@IbrahimTV-eo3kf 2 жыл бұрын

Wow amazing colors of porphyry

@Quetzaluki 7 ай бұрын

That porphyry is very pretty on the inside! I didn't think I'd like it as much as I did.

@aliencat11 2 жыл бұрын

So very pretty! I can see why you like it so much. Thanks for sharing!

@toniwilton4531 2 жыл бұрын

Those were really pretty; especially th smaller ones! Thanks for sharing

@AgateDad 2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️

@thundersnow8648 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent, Soo Kool!

@TheAdventureCloset 2 жыл бұрын

Porphyry is so underrated. These were some amazing cuts.

@AgateDad 2 жыл бұрын

It truly is!!

@smorgasbroad1132 Жыл бұрын

Ha! This channel just popped up. Fun to watch for an old rock collector. I don't know a thing about which is which, if I think they're pretty I keep them. I do have several nice Petoskey stones, though. Going to keep watching. Never too late to learn something. Today I learned what Porphyry is. 👍 Subscribed.

@AgateDad Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the channel! You’re exactly right, never too late!!

@darylvogel8991 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing to see wonders inside...

@craigmoore-wc8pd 2 ай бұрын

REally informative, thank you

@joanrieser2580 2 жыл бұрын

Porphyry is beautiful.

@AgateDad 2 жыл бұрын

I agree 😊

@patrickpuzzo416 11 ай бұрын

I love the cutting that you do on these rocks. The porphyry are surprisingly cool to me. Not a dazzling as agates. But they have their own beauty. I had one last week that I thought was cool. I set it on the window ledge and found out the next day my son threw it across the field across the street frome our house..... oh well, maybe next time. He was practicing his baseball pitching 😂

@dsanders755 2 жыл бұрын

So glad i found your site. Very cool and interesting. Thank you. Blessings

@AgateDad 2 жыл бұрын

Happy you made it 🤘🤘❤️

@patriciamckean4186 Жыл бұрын

So nice to see all those cut.

@patriciakaufmann2229 2 жыл бұрын

ALL PRETTY VERY INTERESTING!!! AT LEAST 2 OR THREE I THOUGHT WHERE, BEAUTIFUL!!! THANK YOU!!! I ENJOY ALL THE DIFFERENT KINDS YOU HAVE EACH SHOW!!!

@judypyle6336 8 ай бұрын

I think those rocks are so interesting looking before being cut.

@MrKzane 2 жыл бұрын

Of all things, I found a huge South American ruby on a beach in Deleware. That was my pinnacle of my rock hounding hobby!!! I still wonder how it got all the way up to north america...

@thatmeanpersononlineoffend9376 2 жыл бұрын

South American like Brazil? Or southern United States?

@MrKzane 2 жыл бұрын

Brazil. I still don't understand how it worked itself up this far north. Looking at currents the time of year etc made absolutely no sense. Now, I do remember there was a huge hurricane the week before I found it, but if anything, the storm would have pushed it more southward...definitely not northward. I'm as mystified as most of how it made it to where I found it. Stranger things...

@thatmeanpersononlineoffend9376 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrKzane Did you have it tested to determine it was from Brazil? The reason I ask is because there are many places in the US that have rubies, even states close to DE. Another explanation could be the ruby washed out of granite that was brought up from Brazil. Many granite boulders are hauled out and used along beaches. It's not a stretch to think one or more could be gem bearing. I've seen ones in South Carolina that went from property lines all the way down into the water. The granite had feldspar all throughout it and small bits of black tourmaline.

@MrKzane 2 жыл бұрын

@@thatmeanpersononlineoffend9376 Ironically I'm at the beach right now lol, and you should see some of my finds. I'll take pics later and send them to you. Yes was determined to have been from Soith America, most likely Brazil (which would make sense), but not assessed by a grading company. I sold it years ago, so unfortunately now we will never really know 100%

@thatmeanpersononlineoffend9376 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrKzane I'd love to see them. I don't really have a social media, but I have an email that I don't mind posting though.

@annevanner8209 24 күн бұрын

Love 'em!

@obieobrien5883 2 жыл бұрын

They’re all cool looking!

@gracemccoy1970 2 жыл бұрын

I really like the porphyry!

@michaelboros9834 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool

@Mr_blue_7777 2 жыл бұрын

Some cool looking stones i love watching them get cut 😎👍

@mjoyparks 2 жыл бұрын

So much fun!

@Tigerbearwolf8600 4 ай бұрын

This is becoming a favourite to watch. Would you ever do a live or real time of the cutting and polishing process?

@dianapearson1771 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool! I've never seen anything like this before!!!

@rogerchurch3804 2 жыл бұрын

those rocks are so amazing I used to collect rocks I had so many no space for them I've seen alota rocks in my time never like those wow it's almost like they caught a little piece of the stars in them hundreds thousands of years ago kind got interested in rock collecting again .

@rockhounderonthesheild1530 2 жыл бұрын

Ooh!!! My favorite!! 😀 very beautiful

@memauch 2 жыл бұрын

Really interesting! Actually the first time I've seen stones as they're being cut open. I find so much jasper an quartz here in CA. They decorate our yard in raw form.

@Linda-nl6co Жыл бұрын

Those are really beautiful 👍🙂

@dorothygomes4654 2 жыл бұрын

Outside and inside awesome 👍

@jmcgovern6454 Жыл бұрын

Your disappointment “no” on that one rock was felt virtually. I was rooting for it to be “that one”. Still beautiful cuts ❤

@AgateDad Жыл бұрын

Sometimes it happens lol sad when it does

@jmcgovern6454 Жыл бұрын

@@AgateDad Keeping it real with each cut and reveal makes me want to get out there and hunt. Too much snow and more to come hinders all chances. Summer can’t come fast enough.

@bonniehawkins2979 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely.

@billyjacksimmons9947 2 жыл бұрын

great looking rocks

@wojciechtreffler2204 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. These stones are beautiful but what they have inside is just amazing. Greetings from PL 👋

@kitakitzFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. They are Beautiful! Watching and sharing from the Philippines

@maravish2070 2 жыл бұрын

I have a few porphyry stones in my collection but I can’t lie, they don’t give me the same thrill as when I find agates lol, still they are nice too look at and different than anything else out there

@alfaalfa9764 Жыл бұрын

They are excellent gemstones I like it the transformation outside to the inside

@edwardmcmurray9764 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing !

@AgateDad 2 жыл бұрын

🤘🤘

@catherinewilliams3850 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful amazing patterns and colour

@AgateDad 2 жыл бұрын

I agree!

@nadasasa6570 Жыл бұрын

I like all of them , so beautiful

@dennisklotz2114 5 ай бұрын

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

@marywrigjt7614 2 жыл бұрын

Some looked like outer space, a couple looked like cave drawings or letter carvings. 👍👍

@MNpicker 2 жыл бұрын

Oh my!! I almost missed this one😬 glad I didn't!! Those are some very cool looking Porphyry!! I have some I found In a farm field.. at least I think that's what it is🤔🤷🏼‍♂️ The crystals are more square.. IDK..

@seashoremudlark3916 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work! Luv the greens and oranges together

@theresaherrrera8224 11 ай бұрын

Those came out pretty cool 😎👌❤

@akiktvalamaceh4108 2 жыл бұрын

Unik and beutiful👍♥️

@gcegubbels4734 2 жыл бұрын

Day are all beautyful

@IrishAndy001 2 жыл бұрын

That's pretty damn cool.

@glenn5903 10 ай бұрын

Oh the first on!😊

@darrenbenson2606 2 жыл бұрын

The first few were the best, but they are all pretty cool.

@cobyshort3742 2 жыл бұрын

Porphyry….. my new favourite 👍🏻

@AgateDad 2 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah 🤘🤘

@deniseview4253 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting stone.

@marygronert6757 2 жыл бұрын

Now that these rocks were sliced the long way, could you polish them? And show us what they look like after the fact? I'd love to see how they turn out?

@AgateDad 2 жыл бұрын

Yes and I will when I do 😊

@irenedavo3768 2 жыл бұрын

@@AgateDad never heard of these! You Tube recommended

@irenedavo3768 2 жыл бұрын

@@AgateDad been lovely made into small coffee table with Resin?

@irenedavo3768 2 жыл бұрын

@@AgateDad like Butterflies the two halves

@irenedavo3768 2 жыл бұрын

Where did you find them?