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Southwest, New Mexico

Duncan AZ

Round Mountain BLM fire agate beds

Agate beach or gravel Documented siteLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Agates and jasperAgates and jasper
GeodesGeodes
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain), W.carter (CC BY-SA 4.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: BLM-designated rockhound area in the Peloncillo volcanics, one of the top US fire agate fields

BLM-designated rockhound area; county tourism calls it one of the nation's largest fire agate sites

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remote rough dirt accessSummer heat, rattlesnakes, no water

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