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Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul
Salto do Jacui, RS
Agate diggings district
Agate beach or gravel Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Agates and jasperAlso reported: dyed-slab seconds at local yards.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain).
Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: basalt-flow agate district billed as the world agate capital, one of the largest deposits anywhere, still Brazil's top producer
Portuguese Wikipedia documents the deposit and world-capital title; English Wikipedia's Agate article confirms Rio Grande do Sul as the source of the giant commercial agates
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Open pits and spoil banks on working ground
red mud after rain
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.