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Ballintoy, County Antrim

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Agates and jasperAgates and jasper
FossilsFossils

Also reported: zeolites.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: basalt/chalk coast

Documented Antrim coast for chalk fossils, agate and zeolites in the basalt lavas.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Cliffs, tides

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