In this week’s video I’m cutting Graveyard Point plume agate with marcasite and other colorful inclusions, plus a galaxy stone and two random rocks. The plume agate came from Richardson’s Rock Ranch in Madras, Oregon, and microscope photos show the beautiful mineral stowaways carried in the rock.
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Transcript
hi nice to meet you you can call me Betty I’m trying to save our little hummingbirds it’s freezing outside I hope that you’re staying warm today we’re going to cut one Galaxy Stone two random rocks and a couple pieces off of this graveyard Point plume agate this is the first Galaxy Stone I’ve cut on myself I was
just kind of afraid that it would be empty on the inside and spoiler alert it is not the Galaxy Stone of my dreams I’m pretty glad it wasn’t empty that would have made me really sad so this wasn’t what I was going for but we didn’t crap out it has some sney in the center let’s cut open
a couple of my random rocks these are rocks that I picked up while I was walking my dog Lola I just really wanted to see what these two had inside I think that this one is a piece of chert or Jasper I was really Sur surprised by the colors inside way more colorful than I expected what a
beautiful rock this second random rock is so little that it felt like instant gratification it was so quick to cut open I think the design on the inside of this rock looks a little bit like a bird sitting on a branch I don’t think this rock is meant for polishing or jewelry or a cabochon but I still
think it was worthwhile to see this design on the inside I’m going to keep it in my garden I didn’t find this piece of graveyard Point plume agate myself this is rock that I purchased from Richardson’s Rock Ranch in Madras Oregon digging is permanently closed but the store at Richardson’s Rock Ranch has been open for over 50
years check their website you can order from them directly either in person at the store or on the phone I really appreciate it that they ask what you plan to use the rock for are you tumbling it cutting it and if you’re cutting it what size saw do you have they have a whole lot of different types
of rough Rock available I’ll put a link to their website in the description of the video I trimmed the little end piece off and then cut just one little slab off of it I’m really Amazed by this material I took some photos with my microscope and they’re at the end of this video don’t forget to check them
out I’d never cut into a rock before and found metallic inclusions and this rock is also just so colorful it’s such a nice rock I might need to have somebody slab it for me do people slab rocks in exchange for part of the material is that something that you guys do let me know in the comments I
purchased a few pounds of this graveyard Point plume agate and this is the first piece I’ve cut and I think this is the smallest of the chunks I I am so excited to cut more of this did I get really lucky with with this first piece or is this just super fun material it’s going to be really
cool to see what’s in the other chunks our friend Caleb from Freeform Lapidary thought that these silvery inclusions might be marcasite it shows up really beautifully in the microscope photos this has been one of my favorite Cuts I can’t wait to cut the next rock see you soon
