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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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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
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