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Canada, New Brunswick
Grand Manan NB
Whale Cove and Seven Days Work basalt shore
Mineral locality, tidal Source-confirmed findsOpen
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Crystals and minerals
Agates and jasperAlso reported: zeolites (chabazite, stilbite, mesolite).
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), Teerui (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: Triassic-Jurassic basalt cliffs on the Bay of Fundy's New Brunswick side whose amygdules weather out as zeolites, amethyst, agate and jasper
Chabazite, stilbite, heulandite plus amethyst and agate from Whale Cove and Seven Days Work documented on mindat and in McHone's island geology summaries
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Huge Fundy tides can cut off beach walksActive rockfall under the cliffs
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