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Whitehead / Islandmagee, County Antrim

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Agates and jasperAgates and jasper
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: analcime, natrolite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: zeolite-bearing basalts

Documented Antrim basalt shore for zeolites (analcime, natrolite) and chalcedony.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Cliffs, tides, slippery rock

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