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Nipomo sagenite agate fields

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

Marcasite-included sagenite agate plowed up from ranch soils on the Nipomo Mesa

Renowned Central Coast agate in lapidary literature, all from private ranch ground.

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