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India & Indian Ocean, Gujarat
Khambhat (Cambay)
Agate bead workshops & Gulf shore
Agate beach or gravel Source-confirmed findsLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Agates and jasper
Trade beadsAlso reported: rough nodules.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain), Unknown (CC BY 4.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: living Harappan-descended agate and carnelian bead industry, working stone hauled from the Rajpipla hills for some 4,000 years
Wikipedia documents Khambhat as perhaps the only place in India where Harappan agate bead-making survives as a living craft, with raw stone from Rajpipla about 200 km away
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Fine silica dust in workshops
vast fast-flooding tidal mudflats on the GulfDo not walk out
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.