Ordinary Blue Rock Found On The Beach Turns Into A Spectacular GEMSTONE

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  • In this video we find an ordinary looking blue rock from the beach and turn it into a spectacular gemstone. Come along and watch the transformation!
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Komentáře • 226

  • @annmartinez1323
    @annmartinez1323 Před 10 dny +22

    Who else has anxiety watching him cut that rock? His fingers😮

  • @NickatLateNite
    @NickatLateNite Před 10 dny +63

    An old rockhound told me many years ago... "Some of the ugliest rocks on the outside have the greatest beauty on the inside... Always cut an ugly rock to look inside".

  • @rickschlosser6793
    @rickschlosser6793 Před 10 dny +25

    If you think there is opal there shine a black light at it. Opal glows under a black light.

  • @rethamoore4282
    @rethamoore4282 Před 10 dny +14

    I love rocks ! This rock you cut was beautiful to me BEFORE you cut it. Now the inside is beautiful too!❤

  • @sbabromines800
    @sbabromines800 Před 10 dny +16

    You just talked about a rock for 10 minutes…. And I loved every second!

  • @lettielou4148
    @lettielou4148 Před 10 dny +19

    I think this is beautiful. My mother loved rocks and tumbling them. She bought pieces everywhere she visited. My daughter loves them, too. All of us would love this piece.

  • @merk9569
    @merk9569 Před 11 dny +17

    I know nothing about rocks/stones which was proven when you picked up the bluish rock instead of the white/red one which was adjacent. I loved seeing what you did with the blue one but I can’t help but wonder if the white/red one would be equally beautiful. Ignorance is not always bliss. 😊

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  Před 11 dny +5

      The white/red one was a piece of limb cast. That beach is full of them. I have so much of it i dont pick up the smaller ones anymore.

  • @TeCe1358
    @TeCe1358 Před 10 dny +13

    That’s beautiful! As a little girl I used to sit in the driveway with my dad’s hammer cracking rocks just because it sparkled on the inside. lol wish I could have found something like that. Nice!😁

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  Před 10 dny +3

      That is awesome!

    • @k.t.rabbit9552
      @k.t.rabbit9552 Před 10 dny +9

      As a little girl, my niece did the same. She would spend hours smashing rocks with a carpentry hammer, hoping to find geodes. (Not too many of those here in NH, sadly...lots of granite, though.) She ended up chipping her father's spare hammer pretty badly, so for her 9th birthday I gave her a geologist's rock hammer, a pair of safety goggles, and stern instructions to NEVER use the former without the latter. We had some great rock-hounding field trips!

    • @freeleonardpeltier4148
      @freeleonardpeltier4148 Před 7 dny +1

      Come to upstate ny! You can mine Herkimer diamonds here!

    • @candieschonauer4083
      @candieschonauer4083 Před 5 dny

      I love this seeet sweet story

  • @lisahart5682
    @lisahart5682 Před 10 dny +18

    In Oregon we have a lot of agates that we find but they’re called crazy blue lace agate and they’re beautiful. They look real similar to that.

    • @brendacorrigan8947
      @brendacorrigan8947 Před dnem

      I'm in Southern Oregon and agree we have some spectacular rocks here. A huge variety my boyfriend said he has never seen such a variety in such a small area.

  • @judyherman1249
    @judyherman1249 Před 9 dny +5

    What an absolutely gorgeous find! ❤

  • @gaylesimper9311
    @gaylesimper9311 Před 10 dny +18

    Wow!!!! I've seen those here on my property but never thought to cut into it.....and I never thought CZcams would have rockhounding channels!!!😍😍😍😍😍

  • @ThePeasantsCottage
    @ThePeasantsCottage Před 11 dny +10

    This rockhound is sooo envious!😍

  • @kathleenfrances8808
    @kathleenfrances8808 Před 10 dny +7

    Showroom shine!

  • @westerlywinds5684
    @westerlywinds5684 Před 10 dny +16

    I held my breath watching those fingers so close to the saw blade. Be safe. It takes nothing to lose those fingers.

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  Před 10 dny +2

      Check this video out on saw safety:
      czcams.com/users/shortsqf8abF5eVbU?si=WQtS1DLjjxpF92PS

    • @zerowhite2286
      @zerowhite2286 Před 9 dny +3

      I know! I was mentally dressing him in some chainmail gloves and lending him my kitchen pincers.

    • @madeleinegombert661
      @madeleinegombert661 Před 9 dny +2

      I also held my breath watching.

    • @joshbrowne1768
      @joshbrowne1768 Před 7 dny +6

      Theses are not actually saws. They are just abrasive wheels. There is virtually no danger of cutting yourself.

    • @AndrewKazmierski
      @AndrewKazmierski Před 6 dny +1

      @@joshbrowne1768 Thanks I'm new to those saws and I've been using carefully but I heard that as well!

  • @HWCism
    @HWCism Před 11 dny +9

    Love seeing the inside out outside. Thanks

  • @pennymurdock4507
    @pennymurdock4507 Před 10 dny +7

    Beautiful ❤

  • @sandmaker
    @sandmaker Před 9 dny +3

    Beautiful rock and a nice polish. Thanks for sharing.

  • @user-hr3tx6uu9o
    @user-hr3tx6uu9o Před 9 dny +4

    Beautiful! I collected rocks as a kid and would continue. What's not to love about them when you find out what's inside! Kudos to you!

  • @maryrichmond
    @maryrichmond Před 10 dny +3

    They are so beautiful.

  • @davidwaller7095
    @davidwaller7095 Před 11 dny +5

    You could make a few great cabs from this! Very nice, I love finding agates like these!

  • @leslyeschoenhuth1107
    @leslyeschoenhuth1107 Před 11 dny +6

    Thanks for showing us the delight you can create. Much appreciated..

  • @joemuro692
    @joemuro692 Před 11 dny +7

    Truly enjoy watching your videos. You always show the amazing world of rock hounding. Thank you for making these videos.

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  Před 10 dny +3

      Glad you like them! And thanks for coming back to watch!

  • @adrienamolinek1559
    @adrienamolinek1559 Před 5 dny +1

    I love watching people collect, cut and polish rocks. As a kid my parents, brother and I would go to the UP of Michigan and rock hound. My dad created a pond, with a waterfall and rock gardens with all the rocks

  • @NickAcker2019
    @NickAcker2019 Před 11 dny +4

    You always seem to find gems in the most non- obvious rocks! Good eye sir😀

  • @lindakilmer2548
    @lindakilmer2548 Před 9 dny +2

    What a great score!!!

  • @deniseview4253
    @deniseview4253 Před 9 dny +2

    It was a surprise inside. I wondered if it could have been Irish. It is so beautiful.

  • @bryandunkel
    @bryandunkel Před 6 dny +2

    As a Cab cutter myself I have encountered quite a few agates both banded and like yours. I learned a trick you might enjoy on agate nodules that show light centers sometimes I flip the Heel end of the nodule so the light color sawn face will become the back and the darker blue skin will become the face of the Cabochon. Sometimes you may prefer the darker skin color of the nodule. Have been cutting cabs for over 50 years. Have fun !

  • @9fiveb180
    @9fiveb180 Před 3 dny +1

    Blue Chalcedony is so lovely. I used to buy my M'ma whatever David Yurman had made using blue Chalcedony at Christmas time. My Neiman's Associate friggin loved to see me walk in that place. LOL

  • @alanatolstad4824
    @alanatolstad4824 Před 11 dny +7

    You clearly enjoy your hobby.

  • @pamelar3607
    @pamelar3607 Před 8 dny +1

    We have blue & purple & green rocks like this here in Ky. The archeologist i took them to said they are Slag. Slag is what formed on top of the boiling pot of ingredients that made steel. Slag is found around an old furnace where steel was made. About 160yrs old or more. I have buckets full of it. I wire wrap each rock to make pendants..its truly beautiful.

  • @user-qr5vb3vm6e
    @user-qr5vb3vm6e Před 9 dny +2

    Almost a geiode cavity, nicely done.

  • @Bonnie-ww7mr
    @Bonnie-ww7mr Před 11 dny +3

    That's not an ordinary rock 👏🥂 CA USA 🌲

    • @warshrine8635
      @warshrine8635 Před 11 dny +2

      That's what I said it's obviously an agate you could tell from a distance

  • @nancymoran2180
    @nancymoran2180 Před 11 dny +6

    It's beautiful.

  • @jonnsgirl
    @jonnsgirl Před 11 dny +4

    WOW!! I am always excited to see that beautiful blue chalcedony on the beach. I have collected a bunch and I always assumed that it was just clear blue throughout! I am so excited to get a saw! 😄

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  Před 11 dny +2

      So cool!

    • @janeenutley3167
      @janeenutley3167 Před 5 dny

      Thank you for sharing this , Wow it turned out Beautiful! I love that color of Blue! I'm a Rockhounder & I'm from MI. & have been finding & collecting (mainly in MI.) & I started out at 5 yrs old looking for the Petoskey stone From Petoskey MI. & of course now there is the Yooperlite, that Glows under a black light, they are pretty cool , & I have also found some pretty amazing Geodes from Arizona & the G. Canyon . I love that you found this strange looking specimen in your neighborhood, & it turned out so beautiful, I wasn't expecting that, I kind of thought it was going to look like a geode on the inside, but I was still pleasantly surprised! Thanks again 4 sharing 🪨💎

  • @rushrunner7
    @rushrunner7 Před 13 hodinami +1

    Just magnificent!

  • @Bebecat477
    @Bebecat477 Před 10 dny +4

    Nice!

  • @reginaldwigglebottom4731
    @reginaldwigglebottom4731 Před 11 dny +7

    Very cool find
    I’d say it’s very unlikely that white is opal considering how hard it was to cut…opal would have cut like butter

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  Před 10 dny +6

      Opal is harder than people think. It definitely doesnt cut like butter. Opal is a 6 on the mohs scale which is fairly hard. But i agree with you in this case. It was extremely hard and the blue and white was blending. Probably chalcedony.

  • @JADEALEXANDRITE
    @JADEALEXANDRITE Před 9 dny +2

    Gorgeous 😍

  • @RonniBatchelor
    @RonniBatchelor Před 11 dny +5

    Ellensburg blues look like that.

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  Před 11 dny +4

      Yes! I used to have a big 3lb ellensburgh blue that my grandfather collected back in the 70's.

  • @rendaowe
    @rendaowe Před 6 dny +1

    I’m so glad that you shared this with us, thanks.

  • @kathrynwilliamson8631
    @kathrynwilliamson8631 Před 2 dny +1

    That is a breathtakingly beautiful specimen! Each face is unique and special,thank you for sharing!

  • @grizzlybear4
    @grizzlybear4 Před 5 dny +1

    What a find!

  • @sherrybriggs5459
    @sherrybriggs5459 Před 6 dny +1

    So beautiful

  • @taleandclawrock2606
    @taleandclawrock2606 Před 7 dny +2

    Would hhave loved to see the polish in entirety. Likke a beautiful pool of ancient water. ❤

  • @kenijonesESQ
    @kenijonesESQ Před 11 dny +3

    Nice !!

  • @PapasGems
    @PapasGems Před 12 hodinami +1

    Gorgeous, never seen anything like those. Thank you for sharing 🎉

  • @jonasgeez2140
    @jonasgeez2140 Před 8 dny +1

    Oh wow what a nice stone how cool

  • @janicejackson2016
    @janicejackson2016 Před 4 dny +1

    It's beautiful

  • @hopalstudiosjuliehattis
    @hopalstudiosjuliehattis Před 11 dny +5

    Beautiful. ❤
    The slab you we're holding up to the light you should put over your phone flash light. I do that with the rock's I find. 😊

  • @Silasposton
    @Silasposton Před 6 dny +1

    That one turned out stunning! I can’t wait for my saw to get here hopefully this next week so I can start getting surprised by the insides of rocks as well. I am still so so jealous of that flat lap. That’ll be a future purchase for sure. After the hospital bills of course. Haha. Gotta be an adult still😛. Loving these videos and so glad to have found a lot of good rock hounding CZcamsrs to follow while I was in the hospital. Can’t wait for more as the weather is finally getting better!🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @cherb_soco1891
    @cherb_soco1891 Před 8 dny +1

    What a lucky find!! So beautiful !! I'm rather envious 😉

  • @Rickristian
    @Rickristian Před 14 hodinami +1

    Found a few of those myself on scotsbay beach few years ago. Surprised to see there still are some left.😮

  • @roxannsejkora1691
    @roxannsejkora1691 Před 11 dny +5

    Very unique and beautiful! 💜

  • @rockseeker5299
    @rockseeker5299 Před dnem +1

    Great video!

  • @patriciashields4069
    @patriciashields4069 Před 6 dny +1

    So cool!

  • @amandawitherspoon3988
    @amandawitherspoon3988 Před 7 dny +1

    That is so cool! I wish that I could find something like that.

  • @possiblyfrankbutnotreally

    what an awesome looking agate

  • @gmariet1391
    @gmariet1391 Před 2 dny +1

    Beautiful !

  • @dudemcx1077
    @dudemcx1077 Před 5 dny +1

    Sweet!

  • @kellyharper367
    @kellyharper367 Před 8 dny +1

    Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: Awesome!!

  • @pollyhelms5910
    @pollyhelms5910 Před 10 dny +1

    Beautiful!!

  • @ChristopherJones_terptime_

    You could do a tourist camp and take people to find rocks, cut them for them and send them home with treasure. I'd pay for something like that.

  • @marymcguffin9370
    @marymcguffin9370 Před 3 dny +1

    I have found several rocks like your but not as much of that blue rock is exposed. I knew it had to be something special, but I don't have a saw like that, I would like to cut mine open, but I knew they were weren't ordinary 💖😁

  • @GoodWoodWorks-le4cd
    @GoodWoodWorks-le4cd Před 3 dny +1

    Lovely! Great video!

  • @amyohl5037
    @amyohl5037 Před 11 dny +5

    Look at that!!❤😊

  • @johnlord8337
    @johnlord8337 Před 8 dny +1

    A good option is connecting up with Jason CZcams Flour Gold Wizards (Wisconsin, Lake Superior) and all of the many stones they have there, plus yooperites, ... and a lot of leaverites .... So many types of sedimentary, banded, igneous, and diverse metamorphics in that area.

  • @ageorgiapeach9442
    @ageorgiapeach9442 Před 6 dny +1

    Always glad you still have your fingers by the end of your video, lol. Beautiful.

    • @RockhoundingLife
      @RockhoundingLife  Před 6 dny

      No worries! I always will: czcams.com/users/shortsqf8abF5eVbU?si=WQtS1DLjjxpF92PS

    • @ageorgiapeach9442
      @ageorgiapeach9442 Před 5 dny

      @@RockhoundingLife well, thank you for sharing that short with me on the blade. That’s a big relief!

  • @cathyshannon7523
    @cathyshannon7523 Před 6 dny +1

    Beautiful

  • @queenbvalerie7858
    @queenbvalerie7858 Před 2 dny +1

    Awesome !!!

  • @pamelajohnson2659
    @pamelajohnson2659 Před 5 dny +1

    Blue Agate, I have 100's of them from Oregon.

  • @Jane_Dow
    @Jane_Dow Před 8 dny +1

    Around Frame 5:06 When you hold that just right, it looks like a shadow of a crown.

  • @majestic1222
    @majestic1222 Před 11 dny +6

    Way Cool 👍

  • @Zealor365
    @Zealor365 Před 7 dny +1

    Excellent video, I know nothing about the subject but you made it very easy to understand and enjoy the process. Bravo!

  • @seankennedy1377
    @seankennedy1377 Před 8 dny +1

    Smoke of the Ancients.

  • @michelleangers342
    @michelleangers342 Před 12 dny +5

    Wow!!!💙

  • @katrinthorsdottir7514
    @katrinthorsdottir7514 Před 11 dny +3

    That’s a gorgeous agate!❤❤❤

  • @barry7608
    @barry7608 Před 3 dny +1

    Nice

  • @VeneraBerens
    @VeneraBerens Před 6 dny +1

    😮❤🎉GORGEOUS USUALLY THE UGLY ROCKS HAVE GORGEOUS CENTERS NOT YELLING ALMOST COMPLETELY BLIND CAPS HELP STAY SAFE AND BLESSED EVERYONE ❤

  • @richarddavies7419
    @richarddavies7419 Před 10 dny +2

    A thinner slice is required to show an iris effect, if any.

  • @user-lo5tg9jn6f
    @user-lo5tg9jn6f Před 5 dny +1

    I would have loved seeing the largest residual piece cut as a low cabachon .

  • @johnhampshire25
    @johnhampshire25 Před 11 dny +4

    That's a nice blue chalcedony, I have a 10lb one

  • @MysticNightCalls
    @MysticNightCalls Před 10 dny +1

    Beautiful stone.

  • @kirsiselei8703
    @kirsiselei8703 Před 12 dny +4

    Wow 😍absolutely gorgeous❤👋🇫🇮

  • @joane.landers9151
    @joane.landers9151 Před 11 dny +3

    Awesome pieces. Wonder what it would look like if you had thinner sections. As I was writing this, you showed a thin section that you had cut. Beautiful , all of them!

  • @the.nerdy.mermaid
    @the.nerdy.mermaid Před 11 dny +4

    So pretty. I have hundreds of agates from Malibu. Nodules and some big boys too. Can’t wait to get a saw

  • @thesacredmom2784
    @thesacredmom2784 Před 8 dny +1

    Look like a fantasy crt screen

  • @nitaclem6762
    @nitaclem6762 Před 10 dny +4

    So how will you make pendant out of rock?

  • @sonjaanderson5998
    @sonjaanderson5998 Před 5 dny +1

    Interesting

  • @JensensAdventures
    @JensensAdventures Před 11 dny +3

    Very nice!

  • @SunilSunil-iq6dz
    @SunilSunil-iq6dz Před 10 dny +1

    Nice 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾❤️❤️❤️

  • @msandigail
    @msandigail Před 10 dny +1

    The first half you shared looks like Washington state!!

  • @trip95125
    @trip95125 Před 9 dny +1

    Will you show us your collection, some time soon?

  • @glennquagmire1747
    @glennquagmire1747 Před 9 dny +1

    The kinda black rock I like is the ones you can smoke in a stem. 🤣🤣

  • @angef9687
    @angef9687 Před 9 dny +1

    What a gorgeous specimen!!! I love watching you transform your beach treasures. What's the latest you can rockhound safely in Nova Scotia? My brother threw a wrench in my plans to come out this summer as he's coming back to Ontario to get married, but I am hoping to still get out before winter (I'm envious how your winter is so much milder than what I have to deal with). I'm still trying to convince my brother to take up rockhounding, but he thinks I'm crazy for liking and collecting rocks 🤷‍♀️

    • @CricketsBay
      @CricketsBay Před 2 dny

      Safe? Probably April to October if you're worried about Winter storms. The guy from Class Sea Glass is out at the beach on PEI in December and January when it's not too cold and stormy.

  • @ypcomchic
    @ypcomchic Před 6 dny +1

    I found one of these once. Gave it to a friend. Don’t know what it was.

  • @SnowTiger45
    @SnowTiger45 Před 7 dny +1

    Looks like Chalcedony (agate).

  • @sandrathompson1807
    @sandrathompson1807 Před 5 dny +1

    what do you use to cut with

  • @dn2817
    @dn2817 Před 5 dny +1

    It Looks like the shape of washington state

  • @janewasson4845
    @janewasson4845 Před 9 dny +1

    I found the oddest rock the other day. Medium blue stripes, then cream, then blue stripes again. No idea what it is.

  • @seanhardy4108
    @seanhardy4108 Před 6 dny +1

    Hey Jason, could we chat soon? I need your advice on rockhounding supplies, also I found a video I would like to discuss with you about some very interesting seam agate here in Nova Scotia that I am trying to get a lead on. Thank you Sean