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West, Oregon
Moolack Beach OR
Newport agate stretch
Agate beach or gravel, tidal Source-confirmed findsLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Agates and jasper
Fossils
Sea glassAlso reported: zeolites.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: 3.5-mile gravel-bearing beach between Newport and Beverly Beach, one of the central coast's steadiest agate producers
Named finds of agates, carnelian, jasper and fossil shells documented by NW Rockhounding and multiple Oregon coast guides
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Sneaker wavesIncoming tides against low bluffs, slippery gravel beds
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