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I Waited 2 YEARS to Cut These Gems Open!

Agate Ariel

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One thing that I was most excited about when getting a slab saw for lapidary was cutting open Lake Superior Agates! Ever since starting rockhounding I was interested in lapidary and this slab saw is my first tool where I FINALLY get to cut open some of the beautiful gems I've been waiting over two years to cut! I hope you enjoy this video as much as I did making it!

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20 Comments

@AgateAriel Creator 2 years ago Pinned

Thanks for watching! Make sure to subscribe! 🙌 Let me know if you’d be interested in an Etsy store where I sell these beauties! I want to share the wealth! 🥳

@ResonanceZ 2 years ago

The range of emotions on the second agate! It was an emotional rollercoaster haha! I think it was still a fun reveal and just adds to fact that you never know what you'll get until you cut them!

@mikek4443 2 years ago

I think they all looked beautiful, with each cut you unlock what has been hidden fr millions of years and each one is special. Excellent video.

@eblake3617 1 year ago

I think you deserve a "She Shed" for your channel! Seamwork founder documented her adventures creating hers for her sewing studio. Just just post a one year update video.

@FreshestAvacado 2 years ago

10:17 The last agate looks almost EXACTLY like Nile Red's pfp (his pfp is a really cool chemical reaction)

@chrishince8947 2 years ago

Cutting agates is like going on a blind date! Lol

@Gemstones_ByJenae 2 years ago

“Agate noduley “ lol that needs to be on merch

@greatnorthernviews3052 2 years ago

It’s a hard thing to do you never know what way to cut them that first one I would have cut it the other way.😊

@SOHANPATEL-yb2up 2 years ago

I WANT ONE SO BAD

@kwpalms 2 years ago

Loved watching you cut these!

@PL2-Coins 2 years ago

Rule of thumb, never cut into a window

@sandmaker 2 years ago (edited)

I'm glad you got one in the end. Each cut built up the tension to the final reveal. Agaye eyes, with amethyst, so cool. If you think you cut them the wrong way, go back, turn them and see if the quarter rock is any better. Only one way to learn. Cut, cut, cut. Loved the show and you still have the best sound effects. Keep having fun and don't stop learning. See y'a next time. Lots of smiles heading your way.😊🤗😊😉😆😃😁😎😍🤩😜😛🤤🙃😺🙉👷‍♀️👸🙋‍♀️🙆‍♀️

@zosothezephead837 2 years ago

"Noduliest" 😂 You're brilliant Ariel 😘

@steveegbert7429 2 years ago

For the smaller ones like this, you will get better cuts with the thin sintered blade, the red one that came with the saw. It might be a little slower but gives smoother cuts. That last one made the so-so ones worth it. I won't tell you that you cut the banded agate wrong, because you already know. That's how we learn.

@troylarsen2454 2 years ago

That first one you cut is a fragmented membrane. The one with the green on the husk is chlorite, I believe. Which is more common on full nodules. The moss agate, if you polish it, the details will really pop, and I bet you will see some small amethyst pockets. From my experience, amethyst is more common in mossy agates.

@kirbycraft1302 2 years ago

I think a lot of people don't believe me, or the Geologist that studies LSA's, but I read an article where he states that he believes that only about 40% of all LSA's are actually banded. By the time I read it, I believed it, because someone else and I cut open a lot of agates and only like 2 had any bands. People say over and over, ohh that seems like a pretty low number, but most videos like this just proves it to me every time. That being said, I love agates that don't have banding. They are actually more beautiful than a lot of others. Thank you. Good video.

@justyouraveragechad9354 2 years ago

The saw noise got me lol

@GavinHubbartt-i1c 11 months ago

10:20 my favorite❤

@lucy101 2 years ago

I recently bought over three pounds of Lake Superior agates and they are my favorites. I got so many beautiful ones, several with purple and even blue and green in them.