Moonstone Hill QLD: designated fossicking area

ROCKHOUNDING LICENSED / PERMIT DOCUMENTED

Where: Australia · Oceania · approx. -17.69, 145.28 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Rockhounding locality: state-designated fossicking area on the Atherton Tableland lava country near Innot Hot Springs, famous for clear to opalescent quartz 'moonstones' weathering out of volcanic rock

What turns up: moonstone (opalescent quartz), clear quartz, chalcedony

Access: Licensed / permit.

Queensland fossicking licence required (cheap, buy online from Queensland government); hand tools only within the designated area

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Pins are approximate by design. This page is historical research, not permission to dig. Check ownership and local law first.