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Black Hills Rockhound Area, AZ

Gem locality Source-confirmed findsLegal to collect
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Agates and jasperAgates and jasper

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: fire agate, chalcedony roses and jasper in Tertiary volcanic host rock

Signed BLM rockhound area off US-70 between Safford and Duncan, on BLM and in Gem Trails guidebooks.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Remote desertHeat, digging in loose volcanic rock, rattlesnakes

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