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Mississippi
Chickasawhay River gravels, Wayne County
Fossil site Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Petrified wood
Fossils
Agates and jasperPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Jon Sullivan (Public domain), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), Teerui (Public domain).
Why this spot
River bars cutting Oligocene beds and gravel that yield petrified wood and shell
Regional collecting write-ups name the Chickasawhay bars.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
currents, snakes
Keep exploring nearby
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