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Digby Neck shores

Agate beach or gravel Documented siteLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Agates and jasperAgates and jasper
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: zeolites.

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

Why this spot

Basalt spine running to Brier Island, coves like Sandy Cove and Gullivers Cove yield agate and jasper

Documented agate ground in provincial lapidary tradition.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

fog, tides

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