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Elgol, Isle of Skye, Highland

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
FossilsFossils

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Jurassic sediments beneath Tertiary basalts

Spectacular Cuillin shore; mixed agate and fossil site.

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