rockhounding
Scotland
33 researched sites5 legal to collect
Achanarras Quarry, CaithnessFossil site · Gray area
›Blairgowrie / Ballindean, PerthshireAgate beach or gravel · Permission required
›Blue Hole / Ferryden shore, Montrose, Angus, ScotlandAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Boddin Point, AngusAgate beach or gravel · Gray area
›Burnmouth / Eyemouth agate, Scottish Borders, ScotlandAgate beach or gravel · Gray area
›Cairngorm / Ben Avon smoky quartz (cairngorm), Aberdeenshire, ScotlandCrystal locality · Gray area
›Cairngorm mountains (Well of the Dead area)Crystal locality · Gray area
›Carsaig, Isle of Mull, ArgyllCrystal locality · Gray area
›Cove / Siccar Point area, BerwickshireFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Dunure shore agates, Ayrshire, ScotlandAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Elgol / Strathaird zeolites, Skye, ScotlandMineral locality · Gray area
›Elgol, Isle of Skye, HighlandAgate beach or gravel · Gray area
›Foss barite mine, AberfeldyMineral locality · Restricted
›Glen Farg / Ochils roadside lavas, Perthshire, ScotlandAgate beach or gravel · Gray area
›Heads of Ayr agates, Ayrshire, ScotlandAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Isle of Rum bloodstone, Bloodstone HillAgate beach or gravel · Restricted
›Isle of Skye zeolites (Talisker/Storr)Crystal locality · Gray area
›Kilsyth / Campsie Fells agate, Stirlingshire, ScotlandAgate beach or gravel · Gray area
›Leadhills / Wanlockhead, Lanarkshire-Dumfriesshire, ScotlandMineral locality · Gray area
›Leadhills-Wanlockhead, ScotlandMineral locality · Gray area
›Lochnagar granite smoky quartz, Aberdeenshire, ScotlandCrystal locality · Gray area
›Lunan Bay, AngusAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Norman's Law / Ochil Hills agate, Fife/Perthshire, ScotlandAgate beach or gravel · Gray area
›Path of Condie, Ochil Hills, PerthshireAgate beach or gravel · Gray area
›Quiraing / Staffin agate & zeolite, Skye, ScotlandMineral locality · Gray area
›Ruby Bay, Elie, FifeGem locality · Legal to collect
›Strontian (Bellsgrove/Whitesmith mines), HighlandMineral locality · Gray area
›Strontian mines, Highland, ScotlandCrystal locality · Gray area
›Talisker Bay / Fiskavaig zeolites, Skye, ScotlandMineral locality · Gray area
›Tyndrum, StirlingGold ground · Gray area
›Unst serpentine and chromite, ShetlandMineral locality · Gray area
›Usan, Montrose, AngusAgate beach or gravel · Gray area
›Wanlockhead, Dumfries and GallowayMineral locality · Gray area
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