Iris Agate - The World"s Most Beautiful Agate?!
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- See the most amazing rainbows generated by Agates! With the help of @TheoKellison , we cut, polish, and peer deep into Montana Agates to see if they contain the rare and sought after spectrum. We also cut and research some of our Oregon Limb Cast Agates to see if they contain rainbows too. You'll never look at a clear agate the same way again!
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This is the best explanation of the effect that I have ever seen. Makes me wonder about all the different kinds of light sources you could use to illuminate these agates. UV, polarised and different lasers beams.
Thanks, I really appreciate that feedback from you. It would be amazing to try some different light sources. I know that the quality of light makes a huge difference to how you see the Iris Spectrum. White, cold, led doesn't seem as good as warmer incandescent bulb, at least with my limited experience. Seeking a good backlight was the extent of experimenting though it should be fun to try some other things. Thanks for watching!
Myyyyyyyy goodness!!!! They never get easy to put down do they. And I reckon you have gone above and beyond in showing their true astounding beauty Karen! And you actually found one in your stuff too, not only an iris but a rainbow banger!!!! So much good info and just rad to watch! Thank you Karen you legend!!!!
Can't put them down is totally a problem! I'm already contemplating part two with a pile 😂. They have incredible inherent beauty, it wasn't me, they did all the work! I was astonished at the one limb cast that lit up like crazy and now I'm hooked on finding more. I hope that you found some lovely color as well, can't wait to see the spectrum Jesse style!
@@OzoneFineArtVentures haha I’m thinking the same thing, I’m going to be slicing all my agates thin from now on haha! 🤪🌈🤪
I find Iris Agate absolutely fascinating!! Definitely on my WISH list! Your explanation of how and why an agate can have iris in it is perfect! The colours are crisp, clean and gorgeous! Love how all the doggos got involved with this collaborative video. Well done!
Glad you enjoyed it, Michelle! It's utterly fascinating, what a wonderful surprise it is! The dogs always seem to insinuate themselves into all the action 😂 They're FOMO VELCRO dogs, lol. Thanks again, you're abundantly entered in the Giveaway, good luck!
Awesome beautiful rainbows thanks for the opportunity and dig the collaboration
Thanks, Scott! Theo and I discussed the Iris Agates until the cows came home, then went back out again so he decided to send me some. Meanwhile, while that box was posted, I had discovered my own in that limb cast. It was a funny coincidence! We'll be doing more collabs, that was a blast. Thanks for watching and you're entered in the giveaway, good luck!
Iris agate is amazing!! The earth contains so many beautiful treasures for us to find and behold
So true, Becky, it's seriously amazing. It's also pretty incredible that we can find something so precious, like an opal, locally. My mind was literally blown when I found that I had some sitting in my rock piles for years. There are so many beautiful treasures to discover, so awesome that we can. Thanks for watching and you're entered in the upcoming giveaway, good luck!
Absolutely gorgeous Karen! Thank you for sharing!✌🤠
Thank you, Kyla! It's just an honor to work with such splendid material thanks to Theo and mother nature 😁. You're entered in the upcoming giveaway and thanks again for watching!
Reaction to the refraction - magically beautiful!!! Wonderful multichromatic specular detail in the micro views!!
Riffin some colorful description there, love it! I dunno if you can look at that stuff and not say poetic things 😂. Thanks for watching and you're entered in the upcoming giveaway, cheers!
I am so looking forward to seeing all the beautiful creations from the makers challenge ❣️❣️❣️
The Maker's Challenge is going to be such a blast! Looking forward to it big time. Thanks for watching and you're entered in the upcoming giveaway, good luck!
The amazing iris agates and your excellent commentary, lyrical explanations and silky voice make this a truly awesome video!
Thank you Sandra! I appreciate your generous comments, the Iris agates really blow my socks off. Thanks again for watching, cheers!
Wow awesome explanation 😊, beautiful rocks , you are a awesome storyteller 💙😊, beautiful colors 🥰, Mother Nature has so much beauty 💙,thank you for sharing 😊💙🥰
Wow, thanks! I have to agree, Mother Nature has so much beauty and does the best art! Thanks for watching and you're entered in the upcoming giveaway, good luck!
Wow!!! I’m as impressed with the editing as I am by the iris agates! You did such a great job on this video Karen!!! Seriously you have in my opinion the best videos out there in the rockhounding community when it comes to quality of editing 👍🏼 Keep up the great work!
Wow, back! You're so generous with your compliments! In many cases, it takes me longer to edit the video than to make or find all the stuff that goes into it 😂. It's a bunch of the fun for me, though, a great creative outlet. Thanks for watching, you're of course entered in the giveaway (a bunch) and that announcement is coming up after the Maker's Challenge video. Cheers and good luck!
Thank you for teaching me about iris agates. Incredible colors in them! So beautiful.
It's a total pleasure, Laura! These agates are so incredible, gotta share them with everyone! Can't wait to find more. You're entered in the upcoming giveaway, keep an eye out for the announcement and thanks for watching!
I was stunned by the little ones being the most colorful. They remind me of an opal but better. That should be classified as a gemstone in my eyes. You did a beautiful job showing them off. Thank you and of course Theo.
I totally agree! We joke about who's queen of the kingdom; opals or Iris Agates or...??? I agree about them being gemstones, they're highly precious in my book and I believe the market reflects it somewhat as well. Thanks for watching and enjoying!
Thanks Karen!
At the end your purple logo on this rainbow agate looks amazing 🤩
❤️ 🌈
Awwww, thank you! The look of that is quite nice, may have to change my channel header! Meanwhile, you're entered in the giveaway and the announcement will be coming up after the Maker's Challenge video is released. Good luck and thanks for watching!
OOOOOOO 🤯. I love Iris! Fabulous explanation. Funny, I was just sent some Montana agates yesterday, to see also, if they are Iris. Guess, I will be finding out soon! I’m excited now 😀.
Thank you so much for sharing ❤️
Stay Crystal
Mari
Thank you! How cool that you get to be performing your own Iris experiments very soon! The agates are so beautiful to work with anyhow that it's such a pleasure to be chasing the extra surprises inside😂. Thanks for watching and you're entered in the upcoming giveaway, good luck!
Awesome Awesome Awesome iris agates, what a rainbow to chase and capture. Theo what have you started. Thx Karen the vid and explication was absolutely fantastic. Can't wait for the next one. Stay safe and rock on 👍✌😲
Glad you enjoyed it, every stone expressing it's own spectrum was just a mind blow. Yes indeed, Theo, what did you start?! I'm hooked, the second video is already in the works with a pile of new limb casts and agates being cut! Meanwhile, you're entered in the upcoming giveaway, good luck!
Wow! What beautiful Iris agates, very informative too! Thank you!
Thank you Donna, they're so amazing to discover! You're entered in the giveaway, keep an eye out for the announcement and thanks for watching!
Oh wow beautiful beautiful agate. Hi friend nice video 👌👌👌🇨🇷PURA VIDA 👍
Thank you very much! You are entered in the giveaway, we'll be making an announcement after the Maker's Challenge video. Cheers!
I’m a little late getting to the show on this video. Just found this one. GREAT VIDEO!!!💎 you are so right, Karen. Once you cut and polish one o these on your own, you are 100% hooked! We have a pretty good location for possibly finding these rarities, Acton, CA. So I am always forever on the look out when I go there. Thank You, another Awesome video! 💎
Fabulous video! Just loved it Karen and Theo. I find Iris Agates mezmerizing.
Thank you, Jan! The Iris agates truly are amazing and Theo helped wet my appetite to a serious hunger for more, lol. Thanks for watching, cheers!
Love the iris agates and love your poetic desciption of them. 💚
These Iris Agates write the script themselves, they're so beautiful! Thanks for the kind words and I'm glad you enjoyed it. You're entered in the upcoming giveaway, good luck!
Awesome video, you did such a great job putting this together. When people ask about Iris Agate I’ll make sure to use this video as a reference 😁. I loved the part you and Theo did sending the boxes back and forth 😂. Thanks for sharing this video and all the educational information with Iris Agates.
Thanks man, that means a lot coming from you. You know, you've been bit by the Iris bug! The dogs did much plotting over the box segues 😂 thanks for watching and you're entered in the upcoming giveaway, good luck!
Dude. Great editing, so funny! What a fantastic job explaining this phenomenon. You smarty pants. You really got a winner with that last piece. That is fancy!
Thanks! I'm really hoping you find some on the treasure volcano, I mean, it has everything else it might as well have some iris! Sorry it took so long to reply, Maker's Challenge has me on the ropes. Of course you're entered in the giveaway and hope you're getting some happy hunting in. Cheers!
I love when two channels collaborate well together.
Theo is always super fun to collab with (best podcast partner too, along with the other two of course, lol). Thanks for watching, cheers!
WOOOHOOOOO!!!! That was well worth the wait! AMAZING!!!! Well done getting those sliced so thin too, not easy to do! Also, I see why peahens are lured in by peacock feather displays of shimmering iridescent color - me TOO! 😆 I’m now eyeballing my two Oregon limb casts, wondering what beauty may be lurking within…very tempting to take them to the saw!! Great video, can’t wait for more iris agate content!
Thank you so much! I know you'll be cutting your agates but worry not, we'll nab some more, I know where to go! 🤣 Yeah, I'm a peahen too, gotta grab that spectrum. The limb casts ended up staying together much better during sawing than the Montana Agate, there were some colorful words involved with some of those cuts (and explosions). Thanks for watching and you're entered in the upcoming giveaway, cheers!
@@OzoneFineArtVentures That’s really interesting about the limbcasts vs the agate! I love the limbcasts I have so much, definitely need to get more to experiment with! Let’s GO! ❤️
So beautiful! New project for when I finally get my saw. Thanks for sharing!
This would be a great project for a new saw, break in that blade with some nice, tough agates! Thanks for watching and you're entered in the upcoming giveaway, good luck!
Awesome video, iris agate is very fascinating!
Thanks! That Iris is so beguiling, it's very difficult to put it down. It'll be fun to cut more rocks and do more research! Meanwhile, you're entered in the upcoming giveaway, cheers!
What a gem of a video! Just watched your Makers Challenge video a moment ago here as I'm making some homemade chicken noodle soup. After these two amazing videos I don't think I can watch another video today as nothing could hold a candle to them 😆. Lol ok ok. Montana agates have always been my favorite. But, these Montana Iris Agates are definitely the world's most beautiful agates imho. I've learned so much about them from Theo and yourself. From watching the podcasts and all the fantastic guests and you wonderful hosts.
I loved the part with your guys dogs sending off and receiving the boxes. You explained everything so well.. Top notch video, Karen!
MMMMMmmmmm homemade chicken noodle soup! And add Iris agates and you're in pleasure overload, lol! Those Montana Agates that produce the Iris are really amazing, it was an Oregon Limb Cast that did the big color at the end (and that came totally out of left field!). I think they're the worlds most beautiful agates too, hands down. Thanks for all of your kind compliments and for watching. You're entered in the upcoming giveaway so keep an eye out for the next video, that'll be the announcement and good luck!
Wow, that's crazy, thats the best piece I've ever seen. Thanks for sharing! Loved this video!
Thank you! I hadn't seen a piece like that ever either! That piece of limb cast had been sitting in my rock piles for ages too, lol. Thanks for watching and you're entered in the upcoming giveaway so keep an eye out for an announcement. Good luck!
@@OzoneFineArtVentures That's exciting, looking forward to that! Thanks for what you do.
Very informative video. Beautiful Iris Agate. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it, Jim! That Iris is just incredible agate to be sure, I'm hooked. You're entered in the upcoming giveaway, keep an eye out for the announcement and good luck!
I absolutely love the way you showcase the beauty of these stones and narrate these videos. Thanks for sharing this with us
Thank you so much, Paul! It's a pleasure to be able to work with such cool material and share it. You're entered in the upcoming giveaway so keep an eye out for the announcement and thanks for watching. Cheers!
I was so sucked into the live I forgot to leave a comment! This was simply amazing and inspired my to check all the iris that I have and I believe I found some special pieces I just need to thin the slices! 🤘
Oh man, I so hope you have some Iris Agates in your collection! You'll know what I mean about rubbing your fingers raw though; can't dop since you're doing both sides and they're really thin, making them hard to pick up off the discs. Worth any blood though! Good luck!
Thank you for this amazing video Karen! I love that you explain the iris effect so well.
Thank you, Jackie! Theo's Iris Appreciation Disease totally took over my brain! Thanks again for watching!
This comment is for Karen and Theo i want to say A: i love both your content B: the science happening here is so incredible( as is with most science lol) and C: i adore the that no matter how far we all are apart we can all learn enjoy and share with each other.
Thank you both for sharing this with us .
Wow! I'm amazed at how gorgeous those are! Never knew a stone could be like that.
Isn't that just incredible? You have to love rocks, light, and physics! These are some of the most beautiful stones I've seen and worked with. Thanks for watching and enjoying the video! Cheers!
Excellent excellent excellent video!!! Already watched it a few days ago but i was in a rush so i didnt get the chance to write my comment yet so here i am rewatching😂 those rainbows are absolutely fantastic and you explained the concept of iris perfectly! Those closeups were something else, such incredibly vibrant color on those things! really wish i had my macro lense for my video🤦🏻 always next time i guess🤣 this was such a fun collab and we definitely need to do it again!
Thanks mucho, Theo. You've started a serious affliction for so many. All of those pictures were straight out of the camera too, I didn't have to manipulate them at all. I wouldn't have found the good stuff or how to shoot it without your help! It was great to share some rocks and I'm sure we'll do it again. Catching up on comments, lol (while taking a break from Maker's for a second 😂). Cheers!
😆The dogs taking the box! So funny.
Couldn't resist! They seem to always be getting into the videos anyhow, had to put them to work. Thanks for watching and you're entered in the upcoming giveaway, good luck!
That iris agate is so cool !!
Keep rockin!!👍😎
Thank you, Timothy! That stuff completely blows me away, so pretty. Thanks for watching!
🌈rainbows all day every day!🌈. love this!
Such beauty coming from already super cool rocks. Can hardly help the giddiness over these. Of course I was the kid who'd position myself in the path of the window crystal throwing rainbows so the color would go straight in my eye (probably not good for the eyesight). I'm a spectrum glutton! Thanks for coming to the premiere and of course you're entered again in the giveaway, best of luck! Cheers!
Thanks for the beautiful light show 👍
Thank you, Susan! My pleasure, they're so pretty. You're entered in the upcoming giveaway, keep an eye out for the announcement and thanks for watching!
I adore the small details ❤️
These are so full of pretty details to appreciate. Thanks so much for watching and you're entered in the upcoming giveaway, good luck!
This was a fabulous video. You and Theo have made me go chasing rainbows in my own agate.😎
Thank you, Darrin! Hopefully Theo and I haven't started you on anything too crazy, I know I'm hook, line, and sinker obsessed with these now! I hope that you find many rainbows at the end of your agates! You're entered in the upcoming giveaway, keep your eye out for the announcement and good luck!
Stunningly beautiful.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much! You're entered in the upcoming giveaway, good luck!
Please don't leave me " out " iris is my FAVORITE !!!
I sure do agree with you, Mark! I think it's right up there with Opal now in my book. Thanks so much for watching!
I had NO idea! Now I’m going to be checking out all my windowsill agates!
YES, check all of your agates! I was so surprised when I cut that pink limb cast that had the neon lights in it. It was sitting in my rockpile for YEARS! Hope that you find many rainbows in your agates and meanwhile, you're entered in the upcoming giveaway! Good Luck!
I will be tackling the subject finally and attempting find my own iris agate. Thank you again for this video.
It took me a while, but I finally assembled some nice "picture chert" specimens. Now I've got to look for "Iris Chert"!! I've got the deli set on "shaved". Thanks for the great video! Beautiful stuff!
I didn't know there was such a thing as "iris chert". Sounds like a new thing to look for.
I don't know if Chert will throw the rainbows, you'll have to let us all know! From what I understand, the pieces need to be fairly transparent, thin and banded very tightly. I'd love to see if you end up with some Iris Chert, that would be awesome! You're entered in the upcoming giveaway, good luck!
Speechless. Thank you for sharing
Thank you! They are beautiful, indeed, left me speechless plenty! You're entered in the upcoming giveaway and thanks for watching!
That was ridiculously excellent. Lots of agates going to the saw tonight all over I'm sure. Great vid!
Haa haa, right?! Everyone cutting agates really thin🤣. Thanks for coming to the premiere and I hope you guys find a road that leads out of the rain! You guys are entered again in the giveaway, good luck!
@@OzoneFineArtVentures sweet! Thank you. We'll get our way to sunshine soon.
Hi Karen, some great pieces of iris agate. Your descriptive dialogue is second to none as always,very interpretive. I had a thought while watching which needs “someone” with an artistic bent to ponder it further.
I was thinking how good would they look as a “mobile” type light, with each segment of the light, lit by an individual beam(led) from a centre light source. That would be an interesting light. 🌈
Keep Safe & Keep Rockin
Thank you for your very generous words. I love your idea! I'm sure I'll be pondering it now, I think you may have to be Theo to have enough Iris to make that happen 😂. Maybe I need to start amassing it now! Thanks again for watching, you're entered in the giveaway and I'll be making the announcement after the Maker's Challenge video comes out. Cheers!
Great video!! Thank you for sharing!!
Thanks for watching! You're entered in the upcoming giveaway, good luck!
Beautiful no words to describe ❤❤❤😊loved it
Thank you so much 😀. These are some of the most amazing agates I've ever encountered, thanks again for watching!
Beautiful colors on the agates wow!! New subscriber Theo sent me😊
Thanks so much, Kim! I really appreciate the sub (I'll thank Theo as well) and I'm glad you enjoyed the video. You're entered in our upcoming giveaway too, keep an eye out for the announcement and thanks for watching!
Worth the Wait.
Thanks so much, these stones are just too cool to rush! You're entered in the upcoming giveaway, good luck!
Like a butterfly wing made of stone...gorgeous
Absolutely, like when you see a magnified view of the wing in its splendor. I could just watch the rainbows dance through these stones for hours, they're incredible. Nature comes up with the very best art! You're entered (again) in the giveaway, good luck!
@@OzoneFineArtVentures thnx so much I find coal bits with rainbow iridescence on my fave beach here in gloucester massachusetts
@@seashoremudlark3916 Oh wow! That sounds amazing!
@@OzoneFineArtVentures thnx for subscribing
Wow I came expecting a normal crystal video, and I got so much more information than I normally do. This is great content. Loved the scientific aspect as well. Maybe I'll make some crystal videos eventually with my saw and flat lap, but i just got my camera and I'm still camera shy lol all I can manage to do is film pretty scenery at the moment 😅
Thanks so much for the marvelous feedback! So happy you enjoyed the video and got a little more than you bargained for 😂. I started out super camera shy too, it's okay, you get over it I promise. You can always pull cringy videos too 😅 if you can't take having them out there, we all make them, it's part of the process. Hope you make some videos soon, thanks again for watching, cheers!
I love seeing this. Ive been going out to congleton and dendrite butte a lot recently and have a bunch of casts ready to be slabbed for iris, gonna do some this weekend.
Ive only cut one so far, small, and has good color. Hoping to get some nice ones like you did!
So fun to cut them and see what you get
If you've got some bigger chunks that have some diameter to them, you should have some Iris. I surely hope you do, it's pretty incredible to reveal, absolutely doesn't get old! Thanks for watching, let me know if you found some!!!
@@OzoneFineArtVentures i cut quite a few and got 2 little slabs from a limb that are pretty stunning. Best ones so far!
Just went to dendrite butte and got some good casts that look like they could have some iris. So i will try cutting those when i can haha
Now I am torn. I have some Limb Cast and very light Pink Agates. I wasn't going to cut them but now I just might have to. The Iris in your agates and Limb Casts are beautiful. Great video.
Go for it! it'll be fun to go out and find more limb casts, right?! You can hedge your bets by checking for those tight fortification lines that do the ghost or parallax. I struck out on some of the agates so I just keep in mind going into it that I may have some pretty slabs as opposed to Iris Agates in the end 😁. Thanks for watching and you're entered in the upcoming giveaway, good luck!
@@OzoneFineArtVentures I bought my limb casts from Kyle. We don't have limb casts here in Illinois. Now that you found Iris he might not sell me any more. Which I don't blame him.
Those are amazing I wish I had some
The Iris agates are flat out insanely cool. Theo from the podcast got me interested in trying to polish some from both ones he sent me and then of course wondering if I had anything in my collection. Sure enough that banger was limb cast from here in Oregon! Maybe you have some and don't know it like me? Hope so, thanks for watching!
@@OzoneFineArtVentures I hope so I guess I need to get cutting some agates open. Not sure what I’m looking for 😆 lol
Iris agates are beautiful, even the agate slabs with no rainbows are gorgeous! By the way you are great storyteller in your videos. Do you think my agates from Kentucky would have that effect?
Thank you, Dan! You're right, on any other day, those other slabs, from the limb casts, would be super rewarding. Why would you ever be disappointed in that? Unless you're looking for rainbows, lol. Thanks for the compliments, I really appreciate it. I think your agates have a chance; you need tight fortifications (which Kentucky agates surely can have) they need to be pretty translucent though, and the bigger the specimen the better. Those last two might be the challenge for your agates, maybe, don't know what you're finding, lol! Thanks again for watching and good luck finding!!!
@@OzoneFineArtVentures thanks for the advice!😀
Nice!!!
Thank you! Cheers, and you're entered in the upcoming giveaway, good luck!
It seems like most of the color showed when the light was behind the stone. Does it also appear when lit from the front or would it need a mirrored back?
The color with Iris agates is mostly contraluz (backlit) like the contraluz opal. Since it's refractive, it can appear from multiple angles just depending on the mineral configuration but it seems most commonly and brightly from the back. Thanks for watching!
Doggy express mail delivery
Way better than UPS! Thanks for watching!
window candy
Serious window candy, need to figure out how to make that work. Thanks for watching and you're entered in the upcoming giveaway, good luck!
I don’t recommend this video on here
Not sure what you didn't like. Let me know, thanks for watching, cheers!