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Chubut

Paso de Indios agate country

Agate beach or gravel Documented sitePermission required
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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

Classic Patagonian agate ground in the central Chubut steppe, source of much of the trade material

Documented source region for Patagonia agate in collector literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

wind, remoteness

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