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Canada, Manitoba
Souris MB
Agate pits via The Rock Shop
Agate beach or gravel Source-confirmed findsLicence or permit
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Agates and jasper
Petrified wood
FossilsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain), Jon Sullivan (Public domain), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: glacial gravel pits outside Souris famous for prairie agates, jaspers and petrified wood, permitted through the town's landmark Rock Shop
Agates from the Souris gravel pit catalogued on mindat and promoted by Travel Manitoba; the shop's back-room collection shows decades of local finds
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Active gravel-pit machinery and unstable pit faces in season
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.