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Chubut

Piedra Parada agate valley

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

Also reported: zeolites.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain).

Why this spot

Chubut river canyon country by the Piedra Parada monolith with agate and chalcedony in volcanic rubble

Documented collecting area in Patagonian rockhound accounts.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

river crossings

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