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Cape Blomidon

Agate beach or gravel Documented siteGray area
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Agates and jasperAgates and jasper
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: zeolites (stilbite, heulandite).

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Triassic-Jurassic North Mountain Basalt

Classic Fundy amethyst-and-agate beach at the Blomidon cliffs.

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