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Canada, Quebec
Gaspesie QC
Mont Lyall agate mine fee dig
Agate beach or gravel Source-confirmed findsLicence or permit
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Agates and jasper
Geodes
Crystals and mineralsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain), W.carter (CC BY-SA 4.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: geode quarries on a 350-million-year-old volcanic centre in the Chic-Choc foothills, open to public digging since 1993
Agate, amethyst and carnelian geodes dug by visitors documented by Bonjour Quebec, mindat and the mine's own operation since the 1981 discovery
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Flying rock chips when opening geodes (bring eye protection)Remote gravel access road
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.