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Hami gobi agate fields

Agate beach or gravel Documented siteGray area
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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

Deflation surfaces of the eastern Tianshan gobi strewn with agate, silicified wood and colorful gobi stones

Popular documented stone-picking region in the Chinese collector scene.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

desert exposure, no water, getting lost

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