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305 researched sites30 legal to collect
't Rooth Quarry (Bemelen), NetherlandsFossil site · Permission required
›Acfer meteorite fieldMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Adervielle / Borralha Mine, MontalegreCrystal locality · Gray area
›Adun-Chilon / Borshchovochny (topaz), TransbaikaliaGem locality · Gray area
›Agarak mine dumpsMineral locality · Restricted
›Aggeria bentonite pitsMineral locality · Restricted
›Aginskoe / Sherlovaya Gora, TransbaikaliaGem locality · Gray area
›Al Hajar / Jabal (Saudi) gold, Mahd adh DhahabGold ground · Prohibited, look only
›Alaverdi / Akhtala Cu, ArmeniaMineral locality · Permission required
›Alaverdi copper districtMineral locality · Gray area
›Aldan / Inaglinsky chrome-diopside, YakutiaGem locality · Permission required
›Aldeia Nova / Guarda district pegmatitesCrystal locality · Gray area
›Aliakmonas River gold placersGold ground · Gray area
›Aliki ancient marble quarryMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Altan Tepe copper mine, StejaruMineral locality · Gray area
›Ampliacion a Victoria Mine, NavajunCrystal locality · Permission required
›Andrarum alum shale, Skane, SwedenFossil site · Gray area
›Antiparos celestine geodesCrystal locality · Gray area
›Aredor / Banankoro diamond (Guinea)Gem locality · Gray area
›Arendal / Froland iron minesCrystal locality · Gray area
›Argemela Mine, FundaoCrystal locality · Gray area
›Assarel copper mine, PanagyurishteMineral locality · Restricted
›Atherfield / Brook Bay (Isle of Wight)Fossil site · Legal to collect
›Aznalcollar MineMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Baita Bihor skarn, RomaniaCrystal locality · Gray area
›Ballygalley / Antrim agate and zeolites, N. IrelandAgate beach or gravel · Gray area
›Banska Stiavnica ore districtMineral locality · Permission required
›Barkevik, LangesundsfjordCrystal locality · Permission required
›Bastnas mines, RiddarhyttanMineral locality · Gray area
›Bau goldfield, Sarawak, MalaysiaGold ground · Permission required
›Bellmunt del Priorat mines, TarragonaMineral locality · Permission required
›Beregovo / Transcarpathia alunite-goldMineral locality · Gray area
›Berikul / Kuznetsk Alatau gold, RussiaGold ground · Permission required
›Bleiberg (Bad Bleiberg) Pb-Zn district, CarinthiaMineral locality · Gray area
›Blåvand / Jutland Amber Coast, DenmarkGem locality · Legal to collect
›Boda / Siljan district Silurian reefs (Sweden)Fossil site · Gray area
›Bolca (Pesciara) fish beds, VenetoFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Bolca fish beds, ItalyFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Boliden Mine districtGold ground · Prohibited, look only
›Bor copper district, SerbiaMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Bornholm agate and fossils, DenmarkAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Bornholm, DenmarkMineral locality · Gray area
›Boulonnais / Ferques Devonian-Jurassic quarries (France)Fossil site · Gray area
›Brittany - Ploumanac'h / Trebeurden granite pegmatite, Cotes-d'ArmorCrystal locality · Gray area
›Brosso/Cave del Predil (Raibl) Pb-Zn mine, FriuliMineral locality · Gray area
›Brown Bank (Bruine Bank) trawl grounds, DoggerlandFossil site · Gray area
›Brskovo mines, MojkovacMineral locality · Restricted
›Cadzand / Zeeland beaches (Netherlands)Fossil site · Legal to collect
›Cap Blanc-Nez (Escalles)Fossil site · Legal to collect
›Cap de Creus pegmatites, SpainCrystal locality · Gray area
›Cape Blanc-Nez / Boulonnais, FranceFossil site · Legal to collect
›Catoca / Lunda diamond (Angola)Gem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Cava Bomba / northern Apennines (Italy)Fossil site · Gray area
›Cava Montecatini / Libiola copper mine, LiguriaMineral locality · Gray area
›Caves / Angeac dinosaur site, CharenteFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Cerin lithographic limestone, FranceFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Ceske Budejovice moldavite field (Bohemia)Gem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Ceske Stredohori pyrope (Bohemian garnet)Gem locality · Gray area
›Chaillac fluorite-barite mine, IndreMineral locality · Gray area
›Chala gold mine, SpahievoGold ground · Restricted
›Chamousira gold mine, BrussonGold ground · Prohibited, look only
›Charmouth / Lyme Regis (Jurassic Coast)Fossil site · Legal to collect
›Chelopech gold-copper mineGold ground · Restricted
›Chinguetti / Aouinet meteorite region (Mauritania)Mineral locality · Gray area
›Colti amber area, BuzauAmber shore · Restricted
›Compton Bay / Isle of Wight dinosaur coast (UK)Fossil site · Legal to collect
›Coster / Nismes and Belgian Devonian quarries (Ardennes)Fossil site · Gray area
›Cozla fish shales, Piatra NeamtFossil site · Restricted
›Dashkesan (Dashkasan) skarn, AzerbaijanMineral locality · Permission required
›Dniester canyon flint gravelsAgate beach or gravel · Gray area
›Dobsina serpentinite / chromiteCrystal locality · Gray area
›Dodo / Puiva Mine, Subpolar Urals (quartz)Crystal locality · Permission required
›Dolni Bory pegmatites, MoraviaCrystal locality · Gray area
›Dudley / Castle Hill spoil (West Midlands)Fossil site · Gray area
›ENCI quarry / St Pietersberg (Maastricht)Fossil site · Gray area
›East Mersea hippo site, Cudmore GroveFossil site · Legal to collect
›Elatsite copper pit, EtropoleMineral locality · Restricted
›Ermakovskoye beryllium depositMineral locality · Gray area
›Erzberg iron mine, Eisenerz, StyriaMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Eugui magnesite quarriesMineral locality · Restricted
›Evje-Iveland pegmatitesCrystal locality · Permission required
›Falun Mine (Falu Gruva)Mineral locality · Permission required
›Faxe / Stevns Klint, DenmarkFossil site · Legal to collect
›Fengtian nephrite, Hualien, TaiwanGem locality · Permission required
›Floitental / Ginzling alpine clefts, ZillertalCrystal locality · Permission required
›Fogo (Cape Verde) volcanic mineralsMineral locality · Gray area
›Folkestone / Copt Point (Gault Clay)Fossil site · Legal to collect
›Freisen / St. Wendel agate, Saarland-RLP borderAgate beach or gravel · Gray area
›Fur / Mo-clay (Fur Formation), DenmarkFossil site · Permission required
›Furka pass area clefts, Uri/ValaisCrystal locality · Permission required
›Gallikos River gold sandsGold ground · Gray area
›Gambatesa manganese mine, LiguriaMineral locality · Permission required
›Garpenberg mine, SwedenMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Gatumba pegmatites (Rwanda)Mineral locality · Gray area
›Gdansk / Baltic beach amberAmber shore · Legal to collect
›Gerace / Scontrone, Italy MioceneFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Glarus / Engi fish slate, GlarusFossil site · Gray area
›Goescheneralp / Damma glacier clefts, UriCrystal locality · Permission required
›Gotland Silurian reef fossils, SwedenFossil site · Legal to collect
›Gotland Silurian reefs (Sweden)Fossil site · Gray area
›Gram Clay Pit (Gram Lergrav)Fossil site · Permission required
›Gravberget / MalmbergetMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Grimsel pass area alpine clefts (Gerstenegg/Zinggenstock), BernCrystal locality · Permission required
›Grossglockner / Pasterze area alpine clefts, Hohe TauernCrystal locality · Prohibited, look only
›Grua / Hadeland limestone fossils, NorwayFossil site · Gray area
›Gyongyosoroszi Pb-Zn mineMineral locality · Gray area
›Herrengrund (Spania Dolina), SlovakiaCrystal locality · Gray area
›Hiendelaencina silver districtMineral locality · Gray area
›Hoek van Holland beachFossil site · Legal to collect
›Holovyne labradorite quarriesMineral locality · Permission required
›Horni Slavkov / Krasno tin pegmatitesCrystal locality · Gray area
›Hounde / Poura gold belt (Burkina Faso)Gold ground · Gray area
›Hvalfjordur / SW Iceland agate and jasperAgate beach or gravel · Gray area
›Iacobdeal granite quarries, TurcoaiaCrystal locality · Permission required
›Idrija mercury mine, SloveniaMineral locality · Permission required
›Ilan / Su'ao (Taiwan) marble and quartzMineral locality · Gray area
›Ilmen Mountains (Ilmensky) alkaline pegmatitesMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Ilva Mica - Lesu quartz areaCrystal locality · Permission required
›Ipolytarnoc fossil site, HungaryFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Ivanova Dolyna basalt quarriesMineral locality · Gray area
›Jachymov (Joachimsthal) silver-uranium minesMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Jakobsberg Mine, NordmarkMineral locality · Gray area
›Juodkrantė Amber Coast, LithuaniaGem locality · Legal to collect
›Kaatiala pegmatite, KuortaneCrystal locality · Gray area
›Kajaran Cu-Mo porphyry, ArmeniaMineral locality · Permission required
›Kamchatka volcanic sublimates (Tolbachik)Mineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Kemi chromite mineMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Keri tar springsMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Khakassia / Sayan (nephrite jade)Gem locality · Permission required
›Khibiny MassifMineral locality · Gray area
›Khibiny massif (Kirovsk apatite), KolaMineral locality · Permission required
›Kigezi / Ntungamo (Uganda) gold and gemsGold ground · Gray area
›Kimmeria / Xanthi marble mineralsCrystal locality · Gray area
›Kimmeridge Bay (Jurassic Coast)Fossil site · Legal to collect
›Kimmeridge Bay, Jurassic Coast, EnglandFossil site · Legal to collect
›Kinidaros quarry district quartzCrystal locality · Permission required
›Kinnekulle / Vastergotland Cambro-Silurian, SwedenFossil site · Gray area
›Kinnekulle / Vastergotland Ordovician (Sweden)Fossil site · Gray area
›Kiruna iron mineMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Klesiv amber districtAmber shore · Licence or permit
›Kolyma placer goldfieldsGold ground · Restricted
›Kolyvan jasper quarriesMineral locality · Gray area
›Kondyor platinum massifMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Kono district diamond (Sierra Leone)Gem locality · Gray area
›Kopaonik Pb-Zn district, RaskaMineral locality · Restricted
›Korolivka gypsum cave districtCrystal locality · Prohibited, look only
›Kotelnich Permian tetrapods (Vyatka River)Fossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Kovdor massif, Kola PeninsulaMineral locality · Permission required
›Kozakov agate localityAgate beach or gravel · Gray area
›Kragero / Bamble apatite-rutile districtCrystal locality · Gray area
›Kremikovtsi / Iskar gorge, BulgariaMineral locality · Gray area
›Kremikovtsi iron mine, SofiaMineral locality · Gray area
›Kremnica gold districtGold ground · Permission required
›Kryvyi Rih iron districtMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Kunda Ordovician Cliff, EstoniaFossil site · Gray area
›La Florida mines and El Soplao caveMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Laki ore field, Droujba mineMineral locality · Restricted
›Landsverk pegmatite, EvjeCrystal locality · Permission required
›Langban Mine, FilipstadMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Langesundsfjord syenite pegmatitesCrystal locality · Permission required
›Larvik larvikite quarries (Tvedalen)Crystal locality · Permission required
›Las Hoyas (Cuenca)Fossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Las Hoyas, Cuenca, SpainFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Lece mine, MedvedjaMineral locality · Restricted
›Ledbury / May Hill Silurian (UK, minor)Fossil site · Gray area
›Lepe, Stansore Point elephant bedFossil site · Legal to collect
›Logrosan / Extremadura tin-phosphate, SpainCrystal locality · Gray area
›Lovozero massif, KolaMineral locality · Permission required
›Luaxe kimberliteGem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Luumaki gem beryl areaGem locality · Gray area
›Lyme Regis / Charmouth, Jurassic Coast, EnglandFossil site · Legal to collect
›Lyme... Seatown / Golden Cap (Dorset)Fossil site · Legal to collect
›Maasvlakte 2 beach, Hoekse SlagFossil site · Legal to collect
›Maderanertal / Fellital clefts, UriCrystal locality · Permission required
›Madzharovo Pb-Zn districtMineral locality · Gray area
›Majdanpek copper mineMineral locality · Restricted
›Malkhan pegmatite (tourmaline), TransbaikaliaGem locality · Permission required
›Malko Tarnovo copper areaMineral locality · Restricted
›Malo-Bystrinskoe lazurite, BaikalGem locality · Gray area
›Malyshevo (Ural emerald mines)Gem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Mangualde / Cabracao pegmatitesCrystal locality · Gray area
›Mantoudi magnesite minesMineral locality · Gray area
›Marathi ancient marble quarriesMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Marmarosh diamond streams, RakhivCrystal locality · Gray area
›Megalo Livadi iron minesMineral locality · Gray area
›Mezica lead-zinc mine, SloveniaCrystal locality · Permission required
›Millstatt / Kreuzeck garnet & staurolite, CarinthiaCrystal locality · Gray area
›Mir kimberlite pipe, Yakutia (diamond)Gem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Molina de Aragon aragonite localityCrystal locality · Gray area
›Monte Bolca (Pesciara)Fossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Monte Ramazzo / Genova manganese, LiguriaMineral locality · Gray area
›Monte Somma - Vesuvius, CampaniaMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Mortimer Forest / Ludlow Silurian (Shropshire)Fossil site · Gray area
›Murzinka pegmatitesCrystal locality · Gray area
›Muzhiievo gold mineGold ground · Restricted
›Nagolny Kryazh / Donbas quartzCrystal locality · Prohibited, look only
›Nagolny Kryazh, UkraineMineral locality · Gray area
›Nalychevo / Kamchatka gold-silverGold ground · Permission required
›Naxos emery / Cycladic mineralsCrystal locality · Gray area
›Neudorf mine, Harzgerode, HarzMineral locality · Gray area
›Neves-Corvo Mine, AlentejoMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Nordmark Mn-Fe mines, FilipstadMineral locality · Gray area
›Nordmarka / Oslo syenite regionCrystal locality · Gray area
›Norilsk sulfide districtMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Nubian Desert (Sudan) gold and berylGold ground · Gray area
›Obuasi / Ashanti goldfields (Ghana)Gold ground · Prohibited, look only
›Oman ophiolite (Semail) chromite/rodingiteMineral locality · Gray area
›Osor Mine, La Selva, GironaCrystal locality · Prohibited, look only
›Ostend beaches (Testerep coast)Fossil site · Gray area
›Outokumpu Cu depositMineral locality · Gray area
›Pahang / Kelantan gem gravels, MalaysiaGem locality · Permission required
›Pakefield to Kessingland cliffsFossil site · Legal to collect
›Pakri Cliffs, EstoniaFossil site · Gray area
›Palanga / Lithuanian Baltic coast amberAmber shore · Legal to collect
›Palanga Amber Coast, LithuaniaGem locality · Legal to collect
›Panasqueira - Barroca Grande adit dumpsCrystal locality · Permission required
›Parnassos-Ghiona bauxite minesMineral locality · Restricted
›Perga rare-metal granite fieldMineral locality · Gray area
›Peris... Llandrindod / Builth Ordovician (Wales)Fossil site · Gray area
›Perticara / sulfur mine (Romagna)Mineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Piton de la Fournaise (Reunion) olivineMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Plakalnitsa mine, ZgorigradMineral locality · Gray area
›Poullaouen / Huelgoat Pb-Ag mines, Finistere (Brittany)Mineral locality · Gray area
›Pribram silver-uranium districtMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Racos basalt complex, PersaniMineral locality · Restricted
›Radka copper mine, PanagyurishteMineral locality · Gray area
›Raub goldfieldGold ground · Gray area
›Recsk / Matra Mountains ore districtMineral locality · Gray area
›Reocin zinc mineMineral locality · Restricted
›Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de RiotintoMineral locality · Gray area
›Rodna Veche lead-zinc mineMineral locality · Gray area
›Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, WeardaleCrystal locality · Permission required
›Ronov / Ceska Lipa jasper and agateAgate beach or gravel · Gray area
›Rosen ore field, Medni RidMineral locality · Gray area
›Rudabanya / Nizna Slana Fe-MnMineral locality · Gray area
›Rudabanya, Hungary Fe-MnMineral locality · Gray area
›Rude / Samobor copper-iron, CroatiaMineral locality · Gray area
›Rudersdorf / Museumspark quarry (Berlin area)Fossil site · Gray area
›Rudnik mine, SerbiaCrystal locality · Prohibited, look only
›Saaremaa / Baltic Klint Ordovician-Silurian (Estonia)Fossil site · Gray area
›Sable / Zalas and Holy Cross Mountains (Kielce)Fossil site · Gray area
›Saint-Marcel manganese and copper minesMineral locality · Gray area
›Saint-Yrieix / Le Bourneix gold district, Haute-VienneGold ground · Prohibited, look only
›Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines silver district, AlsaceMineral locality · Permission required
›Sala silver mine, SwedenMineral locality · Permission required
›Samail ophiolite roadcutsMineral locality · Gray area
›Sambian Peninsula amber (Yantarny)Amber shore · Prohibited, look only
›San Finx tungsten mine, LousameMineral locality · Restricted
›Sao Domingos Mine, AlentejoMineral locality · Gray area
›Siilinjarvi apatite mineMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Simandou / Nimba region iron and minerals (Guinea)Mineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Sint Geertruid (Rijckholt) Flint, NetherlandsMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Sirenevy Kamen (charoite)Mineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Sirenevy Kamen (charoite), Murun MassifMineral locality · Permission required
›Skouries gold-copper mineGold ground · Restricted
›Slanic Prahova salt mineMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake BaikalMineral locality · Gray area
›Sofia district / Rhodope quartz, BulgariaCrystal locality · Gray area
›Sokyrnytsia zeolite quarryMineral locality · Permission required
›Somaliland / eastern Somalia amber and gemsAmber shore · Gray area
›Starodubskoye amber beachAmber shore · Legal to collect
›Stolice antimony mine, KrupanjMineral locality · Gray area
›Stratoni / Olympias, ChalkidikiMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Stutton Ness cliffs, River StourFossil site · Legal to collect
›Suplja Stena cinnabar mine, AvalaMineral locality · Restricted
›Suplja Stijena Pb-Zn mine, PljevljaMineral locality · Restricted
›Svinita ammonite beds, Danube gorgeFossil site · Restricted
›Sylhet / Jaflong (Bangladesh) river gravelsMineral locality · Permission required
›Talampaya canyon fossil bedsFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Tazheran massifMineral locality · Restricted
›Tharsis Mine, Iberian Pyrite BeltMineral locality · Gray area
›Tokaj Mountains opal / chalcedonyOpal field · Gray area
›Trebic moldavite strewn field (Moravia)Gem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Trebilcock / Trelaze slate, Maine-et-LoireFossil site · Gray area
›Trepca / Stari Trg (see Kosovo)Crystal locality · Prohibited, look only
›Trepca district - Stan Terg mine dumpsCrystal locality · Prohibited, look only
›Trgovska gora / Ljubija Fe, CroatiaMineral locality · Gray area
›Turda salt mineMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Turt / Oas amethyst and agateAgate beach or gravel · Gray area
›Undory / Ulyanovsk marine reptile coastFossil site · Gray area
›Ustrem lead mine, SakarMineral locality · Gray area
›Varutrask pegmatite, SkellefteaCrystal locality · Gray area
›Veliki Majdan Pb-Zn mine, LjubovijaMineral locality · Restricted
›Volga River pyrite ammonites (Ulyanovsk / Gorodishchi)Fossil site · Gray area
›Volodarsk-Volynskii (Volyn) pegmatitesGem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Volodarsk-Volynskyi (Khoroshiv) Topaz, UkraineGem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Vosges - Framont / Grandfontaine minerals, Bas-RhinMineral locality · Gray area
›Wadi Bani Khalid / Oman travertineMineral locality · Gray area
›Warden Point / Isle of Sheppey (Sheppey)Fossil site · Legal to collect
›Weardale fluorite mines, County DurhamCrystal locality · Permission required
›Weiselberg quarry, St. WendelMineral locality · Permission required
›Whitby / Saltwick Bay (Yorkshire coast)Fossil site · Legal to collect
›Wieliczka salt mineMineral locality · Permission required
›Winterswijk Quarry, NetherlandsFossil site · Permission required
›Wren's Nest National Nature Reserve (Dudley)Fossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Wren's Nest, Dudley, England (Silurian)Fossil site · Gray area
›Wrens Nest spoil / Wenlock Edge (Shropshire)Fossil site · Gray area
›Writhlington / Radstock Coal Measures (Somerset)Fossil site · Gray area
›Ylamaa spectrolite quarriesGem locality · Permission required
›Ytterby Mine, ResaroCrystal locality · Permission required
›Zajaca antimony minesMineral locality · Gray area
›Zandmotor (Sand Engine), Kijkduin to Ter HeijdeFossil site · Legal to collect
›Zillertal (Rotenkopf/Hundskehle) garnet & clefts, TyrolCrystal locality · Permission required
›Zinggenstock (Grimsel) rose fluorite locality, BernCrystal locality · Permission required
›Zouerate / F'Derik iron (Mauritania)Mineral locality · Prohibited, look only
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