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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 jasperAgates and jasper
FossilsFossils
Sea glassSea glass

Also 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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