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Hanksville badlands petrified wood

Fossil site Documented siteLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Petrified woodPetrified wood
Agates and jasperAgates and jasper

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Jon Sullivan (Public domain), Teerui (Public domain).

Why this spot

Morrison and Chinle exposures around Hanksville shedding silicified wood

Widely noted in Utah rockhounding references.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

heat, clay roads when wet

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