I Tumbled Extremely Rare Agates
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 มี.ค. 2022
- In today's batch of rocks I show off some of the amazing pieces of binghamite agates I tumbled. Binghamite is an extremely rare agate found in only one locality in the entire world; The Cuyuna Iron Range of central Minnesota. One of the unique qualities of this amazing rock is the beautiful chatoyancy it displays. This is caused by fibrous iron minerals that have been replaced by chalcedony. The light is reflected through these fibers and displays as a lighter band that runs perpendicular to the fibers. The various colors are caused by different iron minerals. These rocks were kind of a challenge to tumble for a few reasons. The first is that they were very fragile, and would often crack or fracture. They also sometimes had a tendency to undercut in certain places.
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I love the rich colors in your agates! Gold, bronze, and copper in that amazing chatoyancy. The textures in your close ups instantly reminded me of the textures in butterfly wings. The large agate at 13:40 seemed to have a small area of schiller. Such beautiful stones! Thank you for sharing these!
The colors on some of them are insane! Thank you for watching!
Wow ! These rocks are amazing . Thanks for sharing. I just love that you show them one after the other, so we can enjoy them all ! You did a great job !
I spent a pretty long time tumbling them, so I’m glad you enjoy seeing one after the other.
Very nice Thomas! Such a cool batch of rocks you tumbled. I can’t wait to get back to Minnesota this summer . I think I am more excited to find some more binghamite than the LSAs??
Keep rockin!!👍😎
It’s such a fun thing to look for! I guess the miners used to smuggle really nice pieces of it home with them in their lunch bags.
They look amazing, great job Thomas! Thank you for sharing them with us!
Thank you for watching!
These are so beautiful! With all the detail in these stones, I could look at them for hours.
Thank you! That’s what I do lol
Agree! Me to.
I have loved Binghamite since I first saw you finding it in your video. It's even more beautiful tumbled and polished!😍 Very cool and beautiful! I really like the ones with red, yellow, quartz and iron in them, although they are all so cool and gorgeous. The little bit of pitting isn't a big deal when your end result is that amazing. Great job on this batch and thank you for sharing it with us!✌🤠
Thank you! I don’t mind the pitting too much in these. Especially since the rest of the rock shined up so nice!
Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: Rob from Michigan Rocks sent me...I saw his vid of y'all rockhunting these stones. I'll subscribe and follow you! This agate is a real unusual one isn't it. I'm impressed. I'm an old-timer that can't get out anymore...I will sure enjoy getting to ride along in your knapsack! Happy and safe journeys!
So beautiful! Thank you!
You’re like the Bob Ross of rockhounding, these videos are so relaxing to watch!
Thank you very much!
Breathtaking agates thank you for sharing. They are so beautiful.
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Thank you!
Wow, Thomas, seriously man! These are freaking insane. Thanks for teaching me some new stuff! Awesome video man!
I really love these rocks!
Nice video my friend!!
Amazing rocks!!
Thank you!
They look amazing
Thankyou for sharing
I never get tired of “rocks in a box”
I find myself yelling at screen “that one there! To the right!!!!
Those are all really amazing
I wish there were better adjectives
The raw material is no match for the polished stone
Really enjoyed the finding and the results of your hard work
Those are some of my favorite and least favorite rocks to tumble.
Wow, such beauty.
Absolutely stunning stones!!
Thank you!
That stuff is beautiful! That early one that you were talking about the pitting and issues and the yellow spot is so cool. It looks like something metalic in a part, then the binghamite, and other parts all in one rock. Very nice. Thanks for sharing!
Thomas those are beautiful! You did really well. TFS ❤️🦅🦅
Thanks so much 😊
The shimmer would make sense because of the iron oxide giving it a metallic sheen. Amazing rocks. ❤❤❤
It’s really cool to see in person!
Awesome, awesome video. The macro shots were just fantastic! There was one that reminded me of Van Gogh's Starry Night.
I might at some point do a tutorial on how I took those photos.
Very very nice. Thanks Thomas!
Thank you!
Minnesota tiger eye! Or Iron Range tiger eye, whichever. That's exactly what it reminds of though, like a cross between an agate and tiger eye. Frickin sweet man!
Beautiful rare earth rocks.
Thank you!
Very cool rocks! Almost look like tiger's eye and dragon's eye! Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
It really does!
WOW, looks like a cross between banded iron/hematite, tigers eye and chalcedony all in one snug parcel.
I know! I can’t decide if this or Mary Ellen Jasper is my favorite rock.
@@99Rockhounding I personally think this has more variety to it which makes each piece stunning.
Absolutely beautiful agate Thomas. Great job on the polish.
Thank you!
Another fun video. You were able to show the chatoyance really well in the video. Good job. They were all beautiful, buy I liked the first two best. The micrographs were amazing. Keep the goodness coming. Be happy, safe and stay healthy 😷⚒
Thank you. I had to play around with the light quite a bit to get the chatoyancy to show up. It’s still not as good as seeing it in person though.
@@99Rockhounding it never is
Really beautiful rocks!
Thank you!
* Many of your pieces do look like Petrified Wood.. Love the Flash of the Chatoyancy..Thanks for showing us all the different pieces..
Thanks for watching!
I realize I look at the rocks differently than you, but I don't care if there is pitting or cracks in the stones they are so beautiful just the way they are. Thank you for sharing with us.
I’m glad you enjoyed! I don’t mind cracks and pits too much, but I definitely prefer them to be all smooth.
Those are gorgeous!!!!
Thank you!!
OMG those were all stupid BEAUTIFUL! I wish I lived in a State or even a town where I could find stuff like that when I go out. Where I am it seems like alot of granite and limestone. But I am new to all this and learning more everyday thanks to channels like this one and others!
I'm glad you're liking it! Are there any fossils in the limestone?
Beautiful!!
Thank you!
** WOW ~ Those have a Flash like Labradorite, which I Love.. Those are AMAZING.. The Yellow looks a lot like Petrified Wood.. Question ~ Is the Chatoyancy Directional like Labradorite?? ~ The red/yellow rocks have a soft chatoyancy.. Nice..
The chatoyancy is a lot like tiger's eye. They're pretty neat rocks.
14:42 looks like a silky patchwork quilt! Beautiful! And I may be crazy but at 18:34 the first thing I thought was it looks like a cat standing up like a person on the front of the stone .. 🤣
It's always fun to see what other people see in the rocks!
Those are so cool! It almost looks like an agate mixed with petrified wood and tigers eye! What a fun batch to tumble!
I really enjoy tumbling them because the rough rock doesn’t look like much.
Your still shots are beautiful! Like fire rushing up a mountain, or a field of glowing wheat in the sunset. Micro Rembrandts even. The thin iron bands just highlights the play of light in the host. A very nice batch.
It was a lot of fun playing around with the photos. It's definitely one of my favorite types of rock.
Wow the iron chatoyancy reminds me of tigers eye. Incredible tumble job you had my attention right at the start.
I'm glad! These are such an interesting rock.
Cool stones!
Thank you!
Your first try at cabbing turned out great. I appreciate your showing us those beautiful agates. Except for the color, they remind me of labradorite in how they flash.
Some remind me a bit more of tiger’s eye, but others definitely have that labradorite look to them. Thanks for watching!
I love how I can learn new things every day!! I don't know how you spell that shetoienzy the effect that makes the colours shimmer but what an awesome something that is!! I never knew rocks could do that!! So beautiful thank you for sharing and explaining. Is that the same effect that makes opals shimmer when you slightly turn them?
I think it's a bit different than opals, but I don't know for sure. It is the same effect as tiger eye though.
Dude those are pretty cool! Reminds me of tiger eye somewhat. I love the red ones!
I like the red ones a lot too. The color in those can be so striking.
no cap have this in pioneer ca
That chatoyantcy is so cool! was this self collected?
I know right?! It was self collected. I actually have a couple of videos on my channel.
@@99Rockhounding huh i must’ve forgotten about it lol! i’m pretty sure i’ve watched pretty much every one. guess i’ll just have to go back and find them to watch again!😂
I would love to find some, I am like an hour from the Cuyuna Iron ranges.
They're a lot of fun to look for.
@@99Rockhounding in rough, it looks similar to jasper?
@@troylarsen2454 I’d say the red stuff looks like blood red quartz and the yellow stuff looks almost like wood chips in the rough.
@@99Rockhounding ok, good to know. Thank you
Great looking stuff, so how did you tumble it? Rotary (60, 80 grit) for the shaping? A vibratory tumbler ( lotto? ) for the softer grits and polishing ? Just bought two pounds of rough to tumble. Got here from Rob's channel the king of tumbling on YTB. Excellent photos.
Thanks for joining me! I use a rotary tumbler that I built myself for all stages. I’d like to invest in a lot-o at some point though.
Where did you find them? They are awesome,
They can only be found in the Cuyuna Iron Range of central Minnesota.
Drinking game:
Drink of beer when he says "Chatoyancy"
Shot when he says "chatoyant"
That sounds more like a fast way to alcohol poisoning lol
Or tigereyes...
So is this the same as tiger eye stobes?
Not quite. Tiger's eye is quartz that grows along with crocidolite fibers. Binghamite replaces the minerals with chalcedony rather than growing along with it.