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Mexico, Chihuahua
Ojo Laguna, Chihuahua
Laguna agate ranch country
Agate beach or gravel Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Agates and jasperPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain).
Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: the world's most famous banded agate, weathering out of volcanic hills on private ranches east of Highway 45 near the old Ojo Laguna rail stop
Ojo Laguna is the type area for Laguna agate, documented in lapidary literature and mineral references; the productive beds sit on named private ranches
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Remote high desertRattlesnakes, summer heat, rough ranch tracks needing high clearance, cartel activity risk on back roads
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