Agates of the Southwest: What's Inside?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- I don't often see a lot of videos on rockhounding New Mexico. New Mexico is a rockhound paradise! It's helpful to me, as a rockhound, to see rocks as they look in the rough before I rockhound an area so that I can learn what to look for. So, what do the agates in New Mexico look like rough? What do the inside of the agates found in the southwestern deserts of the United States look like? Well come along and see! These are several of the rocks I found during a recent visit to southern New Mexico. If you are lucky enough to visit New Mexico, here are a couple links to resources for rockhounding:
The Deming Gem and Mineral Society is AWESOME. Deming, NM is a rockhound paradise. I found these folks to be spectacular people! They are super knowledgeable and friendly. They have a great place in Deming with wonderful specimens. Check out their website and reach out to them with any questions you may have:
www.thedgmsclub...
Clubhouse Phone Number: 575-546-2554
Address:
4200 Raymond Reed Blvd
Deming, NM 88030
email: thedgms@gmail.com
Rockhound Resource:
rockhoundresou...
Gator Girl Rocks
www.gatorgirlro...
New Mexico Rockhounding books I own:
1. New Mexico Rockhounding: A Guide to Minerals, Gemstones, and Fossils
www.amazon.com...
2. Rockhounding New Mexico: A Guide to 140 of the State's Best Rockhounding Sites
www.amazon.com...
And don't forget to visit Rockhound State Park. Seriously, a whole park that revolves around YOU- A Rockhound! Doesn't get any better than that!
www.tripadviso...
One of the coolest Petrified Wood Museums I have ever been to:
zuhlmuseum.nms...
Rock Shops:
TruArt of the Earth
2411 Calle de San Albino, Mesilla, NM 880460598
(505) 720-4288
Trina's Rock Shop
Address: 1812 Columbus Rd, Deming, NM 88030
Phone: (575) 546-0348
Hope this information is helpful.
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Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: I just re-watched this video. I'm more familiar with finding and working agates from New Mexico and Arizona than I am in Montana. Seeing you slab these agates brings back great memories. Thank you from an old fossil who can't get out there anymore!
I also love the new acquisitions to your rock and mineral collection!
All hail MRM and Drogon! 🐲
The material in New Mexico is some of my favorite rocks from anywhere on earth! It's really diverse and can be quite colorful and unique. It's some of my favorite stuff to investigate under a microscope 🔬 😋! I need another trip back there 😁
Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: You always provide beautiful videos. Always a treat to start my day with you!!!
We love rockhounding around Deming. Their small rock and gem show always has the best rocks. We have rockhound all over the state. We always have fun and get lots beautiful rocks. You and Drogon, outdid yourselves. Super, super cuts. Thank you for sharing some of New Mexico's finest. Be happy, safe and stay healthy 🤠😷⚒
I am in deming for a while. I’ve been to rock hound park. Any other recommendations?
@@senorlaverg6667 I usually just wander the desert and see what the float brings. We look for pieces not much bigger than pendants. Lots of fun stuff stuff around. Good Luck!
Your excitement never fails to create smiles. Beautiful slabs my friend.
Thanks again for taking us with you as you explore the microcosm inside those beautiful rocks. You never really know what is just under the surface of each slab and each side of each cut. I love your vids.
That explains why I haven't seen you lately. Glad you're back!😊
I love rock hounding in New Mexico. The spring in the desert is my favorite time. Beautiful wild flowers, awesome weather, and great rock hunting. Winter isn't bad either.
Great to have you back on my computer screen today! I'm sure that Drogon loves New Mexico too, since there are so many jelly and candy filled rocks to lick! So much fun to see your finds and the fabulous results of those cuts. Keep recovering your health, and keep rocking! Thanks Mom!!
Kim so glad that you are back at it!!!
What a beautiful collection you found in NM.
Hi Kim
I’m glad to hear you are on the mend and back doing your beautiful rocks. The New Mexico rocks are so stunning. There are times I wish you had a store so I could pick up some of your beauty’s. I have really enjoyed watching which is the next best thing. Thanks for sharing.
I lived in Parker,AZ and went rockhounding nearly everyday. Found some incredible pieces that resemble some of the ones you showed.
I bet you have some nice stuff! Arizona is truly a special place for rockhounding.
@@MontanaRockMom yes it is but I love the material you show from Montana and want to make a trip there.
What places did you look I found snakes in parker
I'm really glad you are doing well and recovering. I hope you get the faces of some of those wonderful fascinating agates polished and displayed. The Malachite is very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for cutting and showing all the agates. Hope you are recovering well
Absolutely stunning
I had a feeling something was up you’re so consistent with your videos I just sent you lots of love and I missed them. I hope you heal quickly🤎
Thank you!
The thunder egg is fabulous!
Glad surgery went well loved the white agate plus the brown
Wow Kim I was really hoping you would do a video on these!!! I love them all, great job on the cuts... you got the best face out of each one! They are so different/unique than most agates I've seen from Oregon and Montana.
Where in New Mexico did you find these lovelies? We are headed there in May 2023. We are total newbies 🎉
@@terryraybould2093 rockhound state park, near Deming NM
Thank you for explaining how and why you cut it and getting so many awesome cuts in a short time
Beautiful agate Thank you!
Nice finds and cuts! So glad you are recovering. Thanks for sharing Drogon's feeding time. Lol
🎉I recently drove from Folsom to Kenton along 456 and the Dry Cimarron.Amazing and strange agate at the open range access
Sorry to hear about the gallbladder surgery! Hope you heal completely!
Always love your videos!
Hillbilly Rockhound
Hey Kim! Glad you’re on the mend! while you may love NM, I just love your state! just spent a week on the yellowstone! Those were some stunning pieces of Drogon nommage. Hope you’re able to hit the river prior to runoff! i’m sure chopper misses his bones and geese chasing.
Love your cutting video's!
Glad to hear you are okay. Was wondering what had happened. I dont know if you had the orthoscopic surgery with small holes or a big surgery but i hope it was the small on. I had the big one and was sore for a long time. Word of advise stay sway from greasy foods and spicy foods for a while or minimize them until you get use to them again. Also be careful with any antacids they can mess with you.
As for the rock beautiful finds but i loved the first one you cut with the oval in the bottom right corner that was amazing and the one with the bright orangy red blotches were amazing also. Out of the store bought rocks i liked the fibrous malachite and the spirit quarts most. But all of your finds were amazing and beautiful. Thanks for taking the time to video and i hope u are up to speed soon ❤️👍
Not a dud in the bunch. So beautiful!! 😍
You're back!
That one at 15:50. Wow that’s a beauty
Good found crystal
Glad you are on the mend!❤️🩹 Wow! Your finds are amazing! You must really have a good eye for this because I joined a NM rock group and I’ve never seen rocks like this! Awesome finds!!!😎🤩
P.S I smiled through the entire video!😁
Started to wonder if you moved to N.M.? Glablader is no fun. Glad you are back and hoping you are feeling better and hitting the river soon.
* If you take the Agate window in the Agate at the 5:30 mark, and hold Bright light at an angle in back of it, you Might see IRIS Agate.. Rainbow flashes of Color.. So Beautiful.. No River to knock off all that Banding.. WOW.. What a wonderful way to recoup from Surgery.. Get Well & Stay well..
Ugh those are gorgeous!!! Wow! Is there a website you got them from? I need some of them in my life. The colors are amazing. Crazy lace is one of my top 5! I have a bunch of big pieces I want to cut then tumble! :)
I had my gallbladder removed in 2011. It was one of my hardest surgeries! Hope yours wasn’t too bad! Glad to see you back on TH-cam :)
All the ones I cut I found! New Mexico has some pretty awesome rocks!
at 15:10 my jaw hit the floor and made me want a Drogon of my own!!
Beautiful! ♥
Amazing New Mexico agates!! The white banding line that you mention in 12:12 I believe is onyx. Our agates we find are accompanied by onyx. It makes a really nice contrast. Can’t wait to go over there… it’s on the bucket list!😄
I did not know that...thank you!
New Mexico is my favorite rock hunting area, unfortunately the forest fires are stopping me right now. May they get rain soon!
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I’m from New Mexico my son LOVES rocks an gems!! Where can I take him for a easy “Treasure Hunt” to rock his world??
Go to the New Mexico Rockhound Facebook site! You'll get tons of ideas and meet lots of people who Rockhound close to you!
Gold!🫣👀
Glad your doing ok Kim 🙂 I was thinking you were on vacation from TH-cam for a lil bit and all those new Mexico agates are beautiful 🤩 I love Mexican crazy lace it's one of my favorites.
I'd have to say crazy lace is up there for me too! Yeah, been having some health stuff. On the mend now though!
Not just any agate.....trapezoidal!!! Wowzers!!!!!
I could be wrong, but I think that you’ve found “Moss Agate”. 🙂
I love crazy lace
I would love to know where you rockhounded at here in Cruces?!! Was it Picacho peak?
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What part of new mexico were you in to find the crazy lace agate?
We live in the Ozarks and although there is no shortage of rocks, we don't have anything like what you have there, or maybe I just don't know where to look ☹️
Most of that you cut is called Flame for obvious reasons. And where it undulates like a wave up and down having flame with orbs and whisps of white agate is called cathedral best cut top to bottom. When you have cracks if you use another rock to hit it across the crack it should cleave it naturally. Better to do it or have it break later. You should do all slabs like that as well.
GIVE US A COURSE TEACHING US HOW TO CHOOSE THE BEST ANGLE TO CUT IT, PLEASE!
Were you at Mommas minerals or Southwest Minerals?
TruArt of the Earth
As a travel nurse I spent 14 months out there. I will be going backnout afyer September. Would lovebto know the generalized area you were in.
You MUST stop in at the Deming Gem and Mineral Club. I put all their info in the description...
🥺 It's almost 5 hours away from where I will be assigned. Maybe a long weekend I could.
Please tell me a slab of something with black red and white I need something for decorations I want to visit there but then now I'm too old
Red Lace agate is an option as well as many others.... There is a great rock shop that is online and is affordable. The owner is Joseph. You can call him or email him if what you want is out of stock. You can ask him questions and he will get right back to you. He will really help you out...tell him I sent you! Here's the link...
www.jhkalmore.com/mexican-agates?itemsPerPage=12
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Maybe a smaller saw that won't shatter your slaps? Beautiful though.
11:39 prayers up for the rock, it def has Covid 😂
If can see thru them put a light under it so we can see please!
Will do!
Not interesting if you can tell us an approximate area
They do not look REAL.....other worldly....
Why does everybody who post something on TH-cam have to talk about their personal life instead of what we are looking on TH-cam for why I just want to know like why would anybody care about anybody's gallbladder like I don't understand
You keep your Dragoon so clean! Awesome you'll have it forever. I need to get one of these. I've been a Plein Air Painter for 20+ Years and studied in Taos for many years. I often rockhounded the areas I went. I moved to California several years ago and I'm painting on location and rockhounding out here. What a mind explosion this state is. Love your Videos/channel. You give me such great inspiration to explore more.
Glad you feel better. Those are amazing rocks, the patterns are mindblowing. Wish we could see some of them with your microscope. Maybe next time?
You are genuinely delighted like a child opening a present. I am delighted to watch.
❤you are so Beautiful!
Wish I could meet you the next time you come to NM
Totally digging those agates! Being here in Texas, New Mexico is one of our closest spots to rockhound for such material (even though "close" = 800 miles away). I've never made a trip there where I didn't come home with incredible stuff. Also glad to see you up and recovering. Get better soon so you can get back out on that river! Theo is finding all the good material!
How do you decide how to cut? I'm just learning.. and no matter which way I choose.. the other way is better..!! I've ruined so many rocks.. been practicing with small ones.. that I end up quartering .. your rocks are amazing@!!
It's tough right!!! Sometimes I scrub the rocks off really well and let them sit a bit in some acid to get some of the yuck off- most of the time, I can see them better after that. Often, I'll put them under a microscope and see if I can get a better look that way. A bunch of my cutting videos I have started using sharpies to line where I'm going to cut and I talk about it more before I do it. Comments like yours help me to figure out what I should focus on when I do cutting videos...so I thank you....
@@MontanaRockMom thank you!! I'm learning so much from you and others on youtube.TH-cam.. I need to find people around me that don't think I'm nuts because of my tiny obsession with rocks.. 😊
Wow, I knew there was more to the "Land of Enchantment", but never knew it as a rockhound and missed out on that whole aspect when I lived there one summer. Drogon had a gourmet meal! Delicious rocks! Those doggone gallbladders, always causing trouble, but it feels so much better to get rid of them. I'm glad you're on the mend. Thank you for letting us enjoy Drogon's meal with you.
Beautiful rocks! Praying for a complete recovery 🙏🏻❤️
Knew something going on with u.
Missed U ...
💋😘😗 video 📹😍❤ 🏆
I hope you recovered well from your surgery
I spent a few months in Deming for work. Totally agree that it’s paradise for Rockhounds. Every weekend I filled my backpack at rockhound park and would also frequent the shops in town and Lordsburg. Found a cool desert Jasper spot just north of town too. Think I drove back with over 400 lbs of rock.
magnifique !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is so upsetting. I was in New Mexico 3 weeks ago. We went mining for azurite and Malachite. Near Red River, New Mexico.
Did you find any wonderful azurite or malachite specimens?
Now that your gallbladder is gone does this mean less stones?....sorry. Medical humor.
Rock hounding is one of the best hobbies ever. I need a saw!!!
Haha Good one! 🪨🪨🪨
Stunning ❤❤
What do you do with all the rocks that you collect besides cutting them open? Do you make anything out of them?
I end up polishing the face on many of them and displaying them or giving them to friends and family. I do so many rock trades with people that I have a hard time keeping a supply of rocks! I do have a Playlist of some of my projects:
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u rock xxx
Awesome specimens
Love that saw. Would you be willing to share what brand and type it is?
Sure thing friend! It's a Covington 18 inch slab saw
Gorgeous! I need to get down to the Deming area soon.
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Lovely work. Thank you for sharing. Wow. Where did you hunt rocks in New Mexico? And hope your recovery is full and fast.
Las cruces, NM - I have family there 😊 thanks for watching
@@MontanaRockMom Thanks. xoxo Please take us with you next time you visit Las Cruces.
what part of New Mexico does your mom live in
Las cruces
Glad your ok Kim, dang! Beautiful pieces here wow!
Do u have a flashlight to shine underneath so we can see?!
I will get better at that I promise
OMGosh! Do you see the horse in that first slab you cut from the (I think) 3rd stone? The one with all the orange? Around 8:42? I’d love to buy that if you’re selling!
I bet those dark slabs would look even more amazing under a uv light!
We’re the last ones you cut from Mexico?
New Mexico
Glad you're on the mend now ❤️ rocks surely help with that!
Im late to this video, such beautiful rocks. Love you and chopper. Love from me and Ted.
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Yes, you really have spoiled us, thank you, that was wonderful.
I wish you a quick recovery. All the best from the land down under xno
Those New Mexico agates are CRAZY!! Glad you are on the mend. Can’t wait to see you and chopper out on the river!
Keep rockin!!👍😎
Where did you find these? Live in SE NM, and would love to take grandsons to look for some
Deming!
@@MontanaRockMom thank you so much, I’m going to take my grandson this winter
Love all the slabs! Breathtaking stuff, are you using a filter by the way? Not on the rocks but on you? Love watching Drogon do his magic 😍
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Glad to hear that the pain in your eyes had a cause, and it was managed. Looking forward to more cool agates! And please forgive my observations, my empathic side cannot help it.
God bless you, sweet, beautiful lady
Wow you find the most amazing rocks where ever you go. Awesome... Thanks so much
I am so glad you are well, heal and mend, bless you and yours....
Sorry to hear about your gallbladder. I had mine removed a few yrs ago as well. Great finds.. love the patterns!