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Cape Split

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 along the rugged shoreline.

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

Why this spot

Jurassic basalt

Iconic Fundy headland with the strongest tidal rips.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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Amethyst Cove, Cape Split3 km away · Crystal locality
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Scots Bay, Nova Scotia8 km away · Gem locality
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Scots Bay8 km away · Agate beach or gravel
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