Is it legal to collect at Lune River TAS: fossil fern and agate beds?

Legal to collect. Fossick only on the recognised open fossicking ground with hand tools; adjoining areas are held under lease or reserved, and a Mineral Resources Tasmania prospecting licence applies outside the designated area, check current boundaries with MRT before digging

What can you find at Lune River TAS: fossil fern and agate beds?

silicified fern (Osmundacaulis), petrified wood, agate, jasper

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Australia, Tasmania

Lune River TAS

Fossil fern and agate beds

Fossil site Documented siteLegal to collect

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Petrified wood

Agates and jasper

Fossils

Also reported: silicified fern (Osmundacaulis).

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Jurassic silicified fern and conifer beds at Lune River in far southern Tasmania, world-famous among lapidaries for agatised fossil wood and colourful 'Lune River agate'

Lune River is Tasmania's best-known fossicking locality for petrified plant material; parts of the deposit are under mineral lease, so open ground is limited