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Shirley Basin agate and wood

Agate beach or gravel Documented siteLegal to collect

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

Wide sagebrush basin whose lag gravels carry agate, jasper and petrified wood

Standard Wyoming surface-collecting area in state rockhound guides.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remoteness, gumbo roads when wet

Keep exploring nearby

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