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China Inland, Gansu

Lanzhou

Yellow River stone bars

Mineral locality Documented siteLegal to collect
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Agates and jasperAgates and jasper
FossilsFossils

Also reported: Yellow River picture stones.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), Teerui (Public domain), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Yellow River qishi (picture and pattern stones) picked from gravel bars through the city

Repeated Chinese news coverage of citizen picking crews whenever low water exposes the riverbed

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Sudden dam-release water level risesCold fast current, soft mud on fresh bars

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