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Kentucky Agate Irvine, KY US Uploaded By Scott (webmaster) Uploaded on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at 09:42:41 PM Viewed 2431 times 1 upload(s), 19 comment(s)

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Location Type: Public Access
Details: From the old travel channel treasure hunt wiki: " General description: Kentucky Agate is the State Rock by act of the State Legislature on July 14, 2000, It is a sedimentary agate found in the Borden Formation of Early Mississippian Age. The agate is beautifully colored and contains bands, fortifications,and sometime plumes or moss formations. It can be found in the creeks and river drainage where it has been weathered out of the host rock. How to get there:
Estill, Jackson, Powell, Madison, and Rockcastle Counties in Kentucky.

For more information and pictures of the agates see:
http://www.uky.edu/KGS/rocksmn/kentuckyagate.htm Grade this location: (A to F):

GPS coordinates:

Handy to bring along:
1. Wading shoes
2. Small mattock
3. Rock bag
4. Rock hammer Helpful notes to newcomers:
Do not strike the nodules of agate with a rock hammer. There is the temptation to see what is inside but many valuable specimens have been destroyed by an overly eager rockhound."
Directions: Estill, Jackson, Powell, Madison, and Rockcastle Counties in Kentucky.

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Banded Kentucky Agate USD $50.0 15 Bid(s) 4 Watcher(s) 2d 13h 4m 26s	5 Lb Whole Unbroken Kentucky Geode USD $22.0 3 Bid(s) 4 Watcher(s) 9h 44m 32s	Small Unopened Geode Unique Hollow USD $5.0 1 Bid(s) 0 Watcher(s) 3d 10h 53m 50s

Google Map: (The GPS marker is only marking the nearest city.)
Follow this Link to Get Google's Directions Reference Info: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/26545
Tags: kentucky agate, kentucky, agate

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