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Rockhounding in California
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- Afton Canyon Agate · agate · Open / legal
- Afton Canyon CA: Mojave agate · agate · Open / legal
- Afton Canyon agate, California · agate · Open / legal
- Agate Beach County Park, Bolinas · agate · Restricted
- Agate Beach, Patrick's Point, California · agate · Gray area
- Auburn SRA CA: American River gold · gold · Open / legal
- Benitoite Gem Mine (Dallas Gem Mine) · gem · Open / legal
- Benitoite Gem Mine, San Benito CA · gem · Permission required
- Benitoite Gem Mine, San Benito Co, CA · gem · Permission required
- Big Bar, Trinity River gold · gold · Open / legal
- Big Lagoon County Park beach · agate · Open / legal
- Boron open pit dumps · mineral · Permission required
- Cady Mountains / Hector Chalcedony · agate · Open / legal
- Cady Mountains CA: agate & chalcedony · agate · Open / legal
- Castle Butte, California City · agate · Open / legal
- Centerville Beach, Ferndale · agate · Open / legal
- Chuckwalla / Opal Hill Fire Agate Mine · agate · Open / legal
- Chuckwalla / Opal Hill area, California · gem · Permission required
- Cinnamon / Potato Patch Geode Beds (Wiley Well) · agate · Open / legal
- Clear Creek / New Idria Area (benitoite region) · gem · Gray area
- Clear Creek Management Area, San Benito CA · mineral · Licensed / permit
- Columbia SHP CA: panning · gold · Permission required
- Coon Hollow / Mule Mountains Fire Agate (CA) · agate · Open / legal
- Crestmore Quarry, Riverside · mineral · Permission required
- Crystal Peak, Dog Valley CA: quartz diggings near Verdi · crystal · Open / legal
- Davis Creek / Lassen obsidian, California · mineral · Open / legal
- Death Valley NP CA - AVOID · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Feather River / Butte County Placer Gold · gold · Gray area
- Gem Hill, Rosamond CA: agate and chalcedony · agate · Open / legal
- Glass Beach, Fort Bragg · mineral · Restricted
- Gold Bug Park and Mine, Placerville CA: fee panning · gold · Licensed / permit
- Gold Country - Placerville / Coloma · gold · Gray area
- Gold Prospecting Adventures, Jamestown CA · gold · Permission required
- Hackberry / Amboy area Agate (CA) · agate · Open / legal
- Happy Camp nephrite, Indian Creek · gem · Gray area
- Hauser Geode Beds, Wiley Well CA · gem · Open / legal
- Himalaya / Mesa Grande tourmaline, California · gem · Permission required
- Himalaya Mine (Mesa Grande) · crystal · Open / legal
- Himalaya Mine (Mesa Grande) Tourmaline, CA · gem · Permission required
- Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande CA · gem · Permission required
- Horse Canyon agate, Tehachapi · agate · Permission required
- Jade Cove (Big Sur) · gem · Gray area
- Jade Cove, Big Sur CA · mineral · Open / legal
- Jade Cove, Big Sur, CA · gem · Open / legal
- Jade Cove, Big Sur, California · gem · Open / legal
- Jalama Beach agates · agate · Open / legal
- Keyesville Recreational Mining Area, Lake Isabella CA · gold · Open / legal
- Kramer Hills agate field · agate · Open / legal
- La Brea Tar Pits · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Lake County CA: 'diamonds' · crystal · Open / legal
- Last Chance Canyon / El Paso Mtns CA · fossil · Open / legal
- Last Chance Canyon Agate & Jasper, CA · gem · Gray area
- Lavic Siding / Pisgah Jasper, CA · gem · Open / legal
- Lavic Siding CA: red jasper · agate · Open / legal
- Lavic Siding Jasper · agate · Open / legal
- Lavic Siding jasper, California · agate · Open / legal
- Mad River Beach, Arcata · agate · Open / legal
- Marble Mountains Trilobite Beds, CA · fossil · Open / legal
- Marble Mountains, Chambless CA: trilobite beds · fossil · Open / legal
- Marshall Gold Discovery SHP, Coloma CA · gold · Open / legal
- Merced River at Briceburg CA: BLM gold panning · gold · Open / legal
- Modoc / Davis Creek Obsidian (CA) · mineral · Open / legal
- Moonstone Beach, Cambria CA: moonstone agate · gem · Gray area
- Moonstone Beach, Cambria, California · agate · Open / legal
- Moonstone Beach, Trinidad CA: county park agates · agate · Open / legal
- Mule Canyon / Calico agate & palm, California · agate · Open / legal
- Nipomo sagenite agate fields · agate · Permission required
- Obsidian Butte, Salton Sea · mineral · Gray area
- Oceanview Mine (Pala) · crystal · Open / legal
- Oceanview Mine, Pala CA · gem · Permission required
- Opal Hill Mine (Mule Mtns) Fire Agate, CA · gem · Gray area
- Opal Hill Mine, Wiley Well CA · agate · Permission required
- Orocopia / Chuckwalla Chalcedony (CA) · agate · Open / legal
- Pala District (Pala Chief / Stewart Mine) · crystal · Open / legal
- Pebble Beach, Crescent City CA: agate stretch · agate · Open / legal
- Pescadero State Beach gravels · agate · Gray area
- Potato Patch Geode Beds, Wiley Well CA · agate · Open / legal
- Pulga jade, North Fork Feather River · gem · Gray area
- Randsburg district dumps · mineral · Permission required
- Roaring Camp Mining Co., Pine Grove CA · gold · Permission required
- Searles Lake, Trona CA: Gem-o-rama field · mineral · Permission required
- Shark Tooth Hill (Bakersfield private digs) · fossil · Open / legal
- Shark Tooth Hill / Ernst Quarries, Bakersfield, California · fossil · Permission required
- Sharktooth Hill, Bakersfield CA · fossil · Permission required
- Sperry Wash agate area, Tecopa · agate · Open / legal
- Stoddard Wells agate area, Victorville · agate · Open / legal
- Sue-meg State Park, Trinidad CA: Agate Beach · agate · Prohibited / view only
- Tick Canyon howlite, Agua Dulce · mineral · Gray area
- Traverse Creek gemstone area, Georgetown · mineral · Open / legal
- Trona / Searles Lake Pink Halite · mineral · Permission required
- Turtle Mountains Agate & Chalcedony, CA · gem · Gray area
- Turtle Mountains CA: fire agate · agate · Open / legal
- Turtle Mountains Fire Agate and Chalcedony · agate · Open / legal
- Turtle Mountains fire agate, California · agate · Gray area
- Whiskeytown gold panning area · gold · Open / legal
- Wiley Well / Hauser Geode Beds · agate · Open / legal
- Wiley Well / Hauser Geode Beds, California · agate · Open / legal
- Wiley Well / Potato Patch Geode Beds, CA · geode · Open / legal