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Jeju

Yongmeori Coast tuff cliffs, Sanbang-san

Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: eyes-only: layered tuff, concretions, honeycomb weathering, shell-bed traces.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: some of the oldest exposed volcanics on Jeju, a wave-cut tuff ring walk below Sanbang-san on the island's southwest coast

Jeju is a UNESCO Global Geopark and World Heritage volcanic island; Yongmeori is a managed fee-entry coastal geosite, geology documented, collecting not

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

walkway floods at high tide and in any swellCheck opening status before the drive

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