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Marathon ON

Pebble Beach, Lake Superior

Agate beach or gravel Source-confirmed findsOpen

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Agates and jasperAgates and jasper
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles

Also reported: granite and basalt pebbles, fluorescent syenite after dark.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain), Liz West (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: storm-rolled cobble beach on Superior's north shore known for Lake Superior agates and sodalite-bearing syenite that fluoresces (yooperlites)

Agate and yooperlite finds at Pebble Beach documented by the Digital Rockhound field reports and regional tourism guides

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Cold-water swells and sudden weatherSteep stair access, slippery cobbles

Keep exploring nearby

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