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Horse Canyon agate, Tehachapi

Agate beach or gravel Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Agates and jasperAgates and jasper

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain).

Why this spot

Famous plume and moss agate beds in the Tehachapi Mountains dug since the 1930s

Celebrated California agate in lapidary books; the beds are claimed and access controlled.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

steep tracks, heat

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