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Southwest, Arizona

Tonopah AZ

Saddle Mountain fire agate slopes

Agate beach or gravel Documented siteLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Agates and jasperAgates and jasper

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: volcanic mountain west of Phoenix long hunted for chalcedony and fire agate

documented fire agate and chalcedony locality on BLM ground in two independent state guides

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

desert heatLoose volcanic slopes, unmarked spur roads

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