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Whitby

Jet & ammonites

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils

Also reported: Whitby jet.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Whitby jet, ammonites (snakestones)

Documented rockhounding locality.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Remote or mine ground
heat, shafts, weather

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