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Mount Carmel Septarian Nodules, UT

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: septarian nodules, aragonite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: septarian nodules with yellow calcite and brown aragonite in Cretaceous claystone

Well-known septarian source near Orderville/Mount Carmel, sold commercially and worked at private fee-dig sites.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Digging in clay, heat, heavy nodules

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