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Catahoula agate gravels, Copiah County

Agate beach or gravel Documented sitePermission required

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

Gravel deposits from the Catahoula Formation carrying banded Mississippi agate

Mississippi agate is documented in state survey and hobby literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

pit walls, machinery

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