India, Gujarat
Ratanpur Agate Mines, India
Geode bed Inferred from historyPermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Agates and jasperAlso reported: onyx.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain).
Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: agate/chalcedony nodule mines in Deccan Trap
The Ratanpur (Rajpipla) agate mines are the classic, long-worked source feeding the Khambhat agate industry, documented in gem and geological literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Open pits, digging collapse, heat
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