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Partridge Island, Parrsboro

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: and zeolites in the beach gravel and basalt float around the tombolo.

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

Why this spot

Triassic to Jurassic

The Fundy Geological Museum in Parrsboro runs the area; check tide tables before walking out.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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Parrsboro shore (Wasson Bluff to Partridge Is.)5 km away · Agate beach or gravel
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Parrsboro Minas Basin coal and lumber port5 km away · Tidal foreshore
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Two Islands (Economy/Parrsboro)6 km away · Agate beach or gravel
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Scots Bay, Nova Scotia8 km away · Gem locality
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