Fort Wayne Maumee River Gravels

Agates

Banded chalcedony prized for their colors and patterns. Lake Superior agates, Fairburn agates, and Montana moss agates are especially famous.

Also found at:

• Piedmont Gem Panning
• Black Warrior River Sites
• Quartzsite Gem Show

Jasper

Opaque, fine-grained chalcedony prized for its rich earthy colors and patterns. Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alabama produce exceptional jasper varieties.

Also found at:

• Black Warrior River Sites
• Lyman Orchards Gem Mining
• Pepper Creek

Petrified Wood

Also found at:

• No other locations listed yet

Fossilized Coral

Also found at:

• Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park

Indiana Geode & Fossil Beds

Bedford, Indiana · Public Land

Southern Indiana creek beds and road cuts for geodes, calcite crystals, and crinoid fossils. Part of the prolific Mississippian bedrock.

Falls of the Ohio Fossil Beds

Clarksville, Indiana · State Park

World-famous Devonian fossil beds exposed on the Ohio River. Over 600 species identified. Some of the largest exposed coral reefs from the Devonian pe...

Indiana Fluorspar District

Rising Sun, Indiana · Public Land

Historic fluorite mining district in southeast Indiana. Mine dumps produce colorful fluorite, calcite, and sphalerite crystals along the Ohio River.

Harrodsburg Geode Beds

Harrodsburg, Indiana · pay-to-dig

Collect geodes from the famous Indiana limestone belt. Crack them open to reveal quartz, calcite, and pyrite crystals inside. Part of the prolific Mis...

McCormick's Creek Gem Panning

Spencer, Indiana · State Park

Gem panning and fossil hunting at McCormick's Creek State Park. Find fossils, trilobite fragments, and geodes in the creek bed. Located in Owen County...

Lawrence County Gem Mine

Bedford, Indiana · pay-to-dig

Gem panning in the heart of Indiana's limestone country. Find fossils, calcite, and geodes from the Salem Limestone formation. Located in Lawrence Cou...