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Amite River gravel bars

Agate beach or gravel Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Agates and jasperAgates and jasper
Petrified woodPetrified wood

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain), Jon Sullivan (Public domain).

Why this spot

Pleistocene gravels reworked by the Amite carrying agate, jasper and petrified wood

Standard Louisiana gravel-bar collecting water in regional guides.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

currents, snakes

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