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slabber1 off to a rocking start Member since June 2010 Posts: 15	Montana agate Jun 27, 2010 16:57:55 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by slabber1 on Jun 27, 2010 16:57:55 GMT -5 I am heading up to Montana and would like to know where to go to find some Montana agate thanks
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frane misunderstood rock expert Member since July 2008 Posts: 11,015	Montana agate Jun 27, 2010 19:40:45 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by frane on Jun 27, 2010 19:40:45 GMT -5 Good luck and have a safe trip! I hope someone chimes in and lets you know a good place to find agates! Fran

drocknut no longer being taken for granite I'd rather be rockhounding Member since December 2008 Posts: 8,189	Montana agate Jul 8, 2010 0:15:34 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by drocknut on Jul 8, 2010 0:15:34 GMT -5 Lots of agate in eastern Montana near the Yellowstone river. I'm sure others could give more specifics as I haven't been down that way. What part of Montana are you going to be in?
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Montana agate Jul 8, 2010 9:19:44 GMT -5

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Post by Hard Rock Cafe on Jul 8, 2010 9:19:44 GMT -5

Take exit 93 Eastbound, or exit 53 Westbound on the west side of Forsyth and take Hwy 12 north. Look for the Agate signs. There is a couple with a farm and horse troughs full of agate for $2/lb.

Harmon's is supposed to be an excellent rock shop for Montana agate:
www.harmons.net/

They're north of Glendive, MT.

I went hounding on a private ranch set up through my rock club, so I can't give you an exact location. You can look in any of the road cuts around Glendive or the Yellowstone River. The gravel is large and frequently has agate and petrified wood. If you ask around Glendive, I'm sure you'll find somebody willing to let you hound or sell you agate.

Have a good trip!
Chuck

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slabber1 off to a rocking start Member since June 2010 Posts: 15	Montana agate Jul 8, 2010 18:35:47 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by slabber1 on Jul 8, 2010 18:35:47 GMT -5 thanks everybody Im heading to Gendive MT

jakesrocks In Memoriam RIP Don Woodward AKA jakesrocks Member since April 2010 Posts: 12,696	Montana agate Jul 8, 2010 18:54:00 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jakesrocks on Jul 8, 2010 18:54:00 GMT -5 I have a trucker / rockhound friend that lives in Billings. He has good luck finding agates in the gravel bars just south of Billings, if the river is low enough to reach the gravel. Don
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Fossilman Cave Dweller Member since January 2009 Posts: 20,723	Montana agate Jul 8, 2010 21:17:47 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fossilman on Jul 8, 2010 21:17:47 GMT -5 Was just in Montana and the Yellowstone is still running high.I stopped in at Harmon's "rockshop" too,he was always full of advice as always-LOL........... Lots of rock and fossil hunting around the Glendive area..................
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slabber1 off to a rocking start Member since June 2010 Posts: 15	Montana agate Jul 9, 2010 7:59:22 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by slabber1 on Jul 9, 2010 7:59:22 GMT -5 thanks I will be going in first week of august hope the river has gone down a little by then

drocknut no longer being taken for granite I'd rather be rockhounding Member since December 2008 Posts: 8,189	Montana agate Jul 11, 2010 12:57:35 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by drocknut on Jul 11, 2010 12:57:35 GMT -5 Happy hunting, hope you get a lot of agates and have a safe trip. Please post some pictures and details (we always like to see pictures and knowing where to find the good rocks is definitely good).
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