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Taitung, Taiwan
Dulan blue chalcedony diggings
Gem locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Agates and jasper
Nails and fittingsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Andesite of the Coastal Range carrying seams of sky-blue copper-bearing chalcedony prized since the Japanese era
Taiwan blue chalcedony is documented in gemological literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
steep jungle gullies, typhoon season
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.