Beautiful Jasper Agate & Plume Agate | Cutting Rocks #1

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  • In this video I cut open some rocks from our recent rockhounding trips to see what's inside. Some nice surprises! We ended up having some Jasper agates and some plume agates! Beautiful colors! Please like and subscribe if you are digging these videos.
    #thefinders #rockhounding #cuttingrocks

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  • @Chasenhaws
    @Chasenhaws หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I really like that you take time to show the outside of the rock, instead of just the face where you cut. Most rock cutting videos don't do that, so thanks!

  • @dawnbrown9898
    @dawnbrown9898 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That plume agate is to die for!!❤

  • @harleyv1969
    @harleyv1969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice jasper agates!!!

  • @CityRockhounding
    @CityRockhounding 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love cutting rocks there's just something about it. Great work, beautiful pieces.

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @illmsg77
    @illmsg77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Daaaaamn! That is gorgeous!!!

  • @taniakapronczai7652
    @taniakapronczai7652 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Beautiful

  • @danieldodson1998
    @danieldodson1998 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful fingerprint agate…

  • @Cherismoore
    @Cherismoore 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow! Beautiful!

  • @lennyboy1252
    @lennyboy1252 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    love that piece at 11 minutes, it look like a white fox laying down..beautiful..ive been fishing local rivers all my life and loved rock but never paid attention to what they are except as of late..brand new rock hound thanks for sharing....

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching!

  • @candywarmuth2455
    @candywarmuth2455 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wood feels waxy to me. Lustrous. Beautiful cuts. Bravo. That last one could be considered a geode.

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @lisapavlescak1708
    @lisapavlescak1708 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The colors are absolutely phenomenal.

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @koksinglau2494
    @koksinglau2494 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice. Good explanation. There's just so much to learn about rocks.

  • @kallaanica7221
    @kallaanica7221 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for showing the cuts. The yellow jasper agate.... I absolutely love love love!!! Gorgeous stones!!!!!!

  • @yelenalastovkina5681
    @yelenalastovkina5681 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing cuts!Just amazing..How can you make such a great guess about inside of the rock.Jasper is magnificent..They should make the best jewerly if it..lol..May be you will find a way..Even in a nice bowl in a living room..To play with and enjoy looking at..I believe those rock interfere with our magnetic fields in a way it make us not feeling lost in a universe..Love your videos!Keep going😊

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      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!!

  • @rockhoundingwithjasperblue
    @rockhoundingwithjasperblue 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yes, very nice. The 2nd to last is definitely my favorite. I do hope you you can make something VERY nice out of those pieces. And I’m thinking the one you thought was wood might be Rhyolite. A lot of the California desert Rhyolite looks just like that. Thank you for sharing!💎

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @ruksrocksandadventures.5800
    @ruksrocksandadventures.5800 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They are some beautiful pieces of rock. 👌

  • @tracykeats7394
    @tracykeats7394 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful cuts

  • @pattywpschoonbeck49
    @pattywpschoonbeck49 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for the views! I love watching cut rock and dream of doing it myself soon. My favorites are the last one and the ( sure looks like it to me! ) petrified wood. Awesome watch and I subscribed, so will view your others! Thanks again PAWS

  • @marsharamsay2793
    @marsharamsay2793 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video, jasper is my all-time favorite. I love the colors.

  • @Ken_G.
    @Ken_G. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I almost think that the piece you weren't sure of might be a stromatolite fragment. That wouldn't be inconsistent with the area. Pretty stuff.

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @judyherman5470
    @judyherman5470 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful finds!

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @DavidBriggsAdventures
    @DavidBriggsAdventures 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'd lean toward metamorphic on that stone over pet wood. I find a bunch of that deceptive directionality in jasper specimens. The jasper is a bit brighter here, but that milk glass white just like what we find down here on the Rogue. It's really cool to see such similar stones separated by thousands of miles.

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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!!

  • @ellenboyington4464
    @ellenboyington4464 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful Jasper's!! Looking forward to seeing more, good hunting😊

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you very much! Definitely lots more to come!

  • @katherinedoughty839
    @katherinedoughty839 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice finds! Good to see what's hiding inside. There's hope for my fugly jaspagates? yet!🙃👍

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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!!

    • @katherinedoughty839
      @katherinedoughty839 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @bloomingtonian7529
    @bloomingtonian7529 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great color. Love that first yellow.

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @BryanJordanMusic
    @BryanJordanMusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those last few pieces from Five Islands were amazing! I grew up rockhounding, but there is not much to find where I live now, so it is nice seeing these videos.

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! Where are you from?

    • @BryanJordanMusic
      @BryanJordanMusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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.

  • @SteveandSusiesHomestead
    @SteveandSusiesHomestead 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good stuff...Just getting into it myself .....Thank,s

  • @rockinwitht9948
    @rockinwitht9948 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Rock cutting day is always the best day!! It’s so exciting!!! Those are some beautiful stones!

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @rockinwitht9948
      @rockinwitht9948 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rockhounding Life yes!!!!!

  • @NWRockExplorer
    @NWRockExplorer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's some nice material you got there, Those red and yellow jasp-agates would make some awesome cabs. I think the rock at 3:50 is a chunk of flow banded Rhyolite, I've found some similar material here in BC.

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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!!!

  • @hukeaz
    @hukeaz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Epic!

  • @grandparocky
    @grandparocky 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:51 is not wood and yes is metamorphic! beautiful sample

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @OliverCBabcock
    @OliverCBabcock 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    im like 95% sure the pet wood lookalike is a Banded Iron Formation or BIF

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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%.

  • @jadukchannel
    @jadukchannel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    make me one... 😁

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Those are hard to come by😢

    • @jadukchannel
      @jadukchannel 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RockhoundingLife I can make carnelian 😁

  • @whycivilequalsinsane
    @whycivilequalsinsane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The "wood" one is rhyolite

  • @nlgrowdr8441
    @nlgrowdr8441 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi, when you say mine till, do you mean tailings? Or waste rock dump? Or is it actual glacial till that's near the mine? just trying to understand exactly.....cheers

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @trptrungblogs
    @trptrungblogs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️🇻🇳💎

  • @familyfunwallace787
    @familyfunwallace787 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi I am also in Halifax and have found some amazing rocks around some the beaches is there any way to send you some pics and maybe you could give me some info on them thanks and Cheers

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @mycomurph8472
    @mycomurph8472 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome cuts man! If you don't mind me asking, what kind of set up do you have for the saw? I'm looking into getting some gear for tumbling/cutting.

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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.

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @mycomurph8472
      @mycomurph8472 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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.

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @arthurtamayo6522
    @arthurtamayo6522 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What do you mean "in the till"?

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @tlk13ns
    @tlk13ns 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been to five islands a few times I must b going to wrong spot I find the water too dirty any suggestions I've been in area of lighthouse

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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.

    • @tlk13ns
      @tlk13ns 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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

    • @tlk13ns
      @tlk13ns 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Apparently there isn't one called parrsboro provincial park lol

  • @RockHoundingAdventures
    @RockHoundingAdventures 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey bro, those are some beautiful specimens. The one at 4:00 definitely looks like some petrified wood, nice find 🔥🔥. Also love that Jasper at 7:14. All super cool though. As well thanks for the sub. I subbed you back, looking forward to seeing mor if your videos.🤙

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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.

    • @RockHoundingAdventures
      @RockHoundingAdventures 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @RockHoundingAdventures
      @RockHoundingAdventures 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rockhounding Life sounds good brotha 👍

  • @terrystrahl3275
    @terrystrahl3275 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Jason, do you have an email or FaceBook page ? Jasper Agate for FTW. total newb getting into hounding. My first hunt ..pure luck I found a baseball size jasper almost the same color as your thumb nail.

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @MsSandraCGL
    @MsSandraCGL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful

  • @jeaniel1004
    @jeaniel1004 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! Beautiful!