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Grand Traverse Bay Beaches, MI

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Also reported: Petoskey stone, Charlevoix stone, chain coral.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Petoskey/Charlevoix stones on public bay beaches

Traverse City-area public beaches documented as productive Petoskey-stone collecting sites.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Cold water, slippery rocks

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