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Scots Bay

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 zeolite nodules in beach cobbles below the basalt of Cape Split.

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

Why this spot

Triassic to Jurassic

Long cobble beach; best after storms rework the gravel.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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Scots Bay, Nova Scotia2 km away · Gem locality
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Amethyst Cove, Cape Blomidon, Nova Scotia2 km away · Crystal locality
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Amethyst Cove, Cape Split6 km away · Crystal locality
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Cape Blomidon, Bay of Fundy6 km away · Agate beach or gravel
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