how to find agates (agate identification)

Complete newbie at this but OMG is it addicting! I went rock hounding this past weekend and came across quartz clusters, agate, jasper and a really nice piece of sandstone. Can't wait to get a tumbler and start making my own pendants.

This is so cool i think i found my people. Ive been a rock person my whole life.

Thanks for the video. I just came back from Agate Creek Queensland Australia with a bunch. Now I have to learn how to polish them up! 14 hour round trip but already want to do it again!

Thank you! I found out a "dull" agate looks like a piece of quartz but now I can see a difference. And I know I have found an agate!

Huh...I think I found three agates whole cleaning up my front yard. These were originaly just picked randomly with a bunch of other rocks that my grandma picked way back in the day when she was working on her garden. Its preety fascinating and finally I now know what these are. I have two white ones and one that looked like an ordinary stone until you shine it at a light. Thank you for the information :)

I think you did a nice job. Thank you for the information.

Awesome video! Very informative!!

Clear and simple. Thanks!

Thank you for the great examples, these videos help heaps.

Very informational, thanks!

Thanks! Very informative!

I read about how to make an industrial tumbler out of a rear axle of a big semi truck with the rims and tires in place. You want to cut an opening in the highest part of the rim to load rocks. The article said a cover is not needed but I always thought if I was going to do one I would have a hinged door sealed with inner tube rubber. The idea is to set up a motor geared down so the tires rotates slowly and all the rocks stay in the lowest part of the tire at all times tumbling over each other. Each tire can hold about 100 lbs of rocks and you have 4 tires going at all times each one with a different grit. Always use same tire for the same grit. You rotate the rocks once a week and you have a 100 lbs of polished tumbled stones each week. I have been wondering if you could use quartz sand as grit for the first stage to do the rough rounding off? I am posting this on all videos about rock hounding to spread the idea, if this is you channel and you do not like that let me know. The fact that the tumbling will all take place in a rubber tire should help keep the noise down. The rocks should never touch the rim. I have suggested to people that they make a sound proof shed just big enough to be practical so the noise will be minimized. Plus the rubber in a tire is thick and should absorb a lot of the noise. Also you should have a small fan on the motor to keep it cool. A high quality motor will be a must as it will run 24 hours a day. I am no expert but with the proper gearing the motor should not be under too much stress. I would sell the tumbled stones. Once tumbled, you grade them by quality and type. Some would be really valuable. I bet you could average $10 usd per pound with just good found material and more if you have high grade material. Definitely not for the weekend rock hound but if you sell stones or want to, what a cheap way to start. You could tumble other people's rocks for a fee or shares too. You could make one with car tires for a smaller scale operation. There has to be a lot of people with a 30 year in the making, 3 ton pile of rocks out behind their house. With this they could see results from all that collecting.

Very informative. Thank you!

Here in northern Ireland at Carrick Fergus beach there's hundreds of these things. I love walking there I find so much stuff there. Has really pretty sea glass too. Lots of jellyfish

use to go to agate beach as child and look for many weekends. watching with one of two rings on. might not be most glamorously greatest rings or jewelry stuff, but they got their speciality.

Nice video mate, great information and just good ol rock appreciation. Subscribed!

enjoyed the facts on agates ,very informative

Thanks for info 😊👍👌

Thank you so much. Very helpful!

Just a note: a conchoidal fracture is not a "random" one, instead it is a typical behaviour of cryptocrystalline materials, which upon fracturing form concave shapes