Rockhounding, cutting, tumbling, and polishing. Welcome to my world of rocks.
I cut a special rock that I believe is siltstone. I'm calling this one my Kintsugi stone, because the fractures have been healed by a calcite or silicate chalcedony material. I also tell a story about something that broke my heart this weekend; if you suspect it will make you sad, please mute that part.
Cutting open 4 random landscape rocks on my 10 inch lap saw. Cutting jasper, quartz, agate and unidentified rocks I find everywhere I go.
My husband bought me an Agate Ariel bucket! These are rocks from the Great Lakes and Minnesota area, and there was even an arrowhead in my bucket. I cut three of the rocks open on my lapidary saw.
Cutting rocks number 11 and 12. Both are petrified wood, one from the Washougal river in Washington state, and one from the Old Marker Ranch in Sweet Home Oregon.
In this video I cut open rocks seven through ten, practicing with some smaller rocks on my 10 inch lapidary trim saw. These agate and jasper rockhounding finds from Oregon and Washington are so beautiful!
I cut my sixth rock on my 10 inch lapidary saw, a very dark rock I picked up on the Washougal River. Is it petrified wood? The fractured pieces have a reddish layer that looks like it could be iron.
I cut my 5th rock on my 10 inch lapidary trim saw. I found this rock near Bandon, Oregon, after parking at the Seven Devils State Recreation Site and walking north. It's beautiful inside: red, green and white jasper. Always check the tide charts and be safe out there!
I cut my 4th rock and my first slab: polka dot agate from the Polka Dot Agate Mine near Madras, Oregon. It's outrageously beautiful! This is a pay to dig site, and I show the thunder eggs I dug that day as well.
I cut my third rock, a piece of petrified wood I found on the Washougal River in October. I zoom in with my digital microscope and show you what I think might be petrified insect damage. My husband loves rocks too and tries to take this one from me!
