
Chester Beryl Mine Area
Chester pegmatite district in the Berkshires produced beryl crystals and is a classic New England mineral locality.
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Use this page as your Massachusetts rockhounding map — Massachusetts has 93 rockhounding sites in our directory, including 17 quartz & crystals, 9 agate & jasper, 2 gemstones, 42 fossils, 7 gold & minerals. Use rockhounding sites near me for live distance sorting or browse by city.
Near major cities: Boston · Cape Cod · Northampton · Springfield · Western Massachusetts · Worcester
By specimen type: Quartz & Crystals (17) · Agate & Jasper (9) · Fossils (42) · Gold & Minerals (7) · Other (16)
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Chester pegmatite district in the Berkshires produced beryl crystals and is a classic New England mineral locality.
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Central Massachusetts pegmatites near Petersham in the Worcester Range contain beryl and tourmaline in muscovite-rich zones.
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Quartz veins and fluorite occurrences in metamorphic rock of Mount Wachusett attract collectors to reservation road cuts.
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Wrentham area mines historically produced rhodonite, Massachusetts's state gem, in metamorphic manganese deposits.
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Amherst is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Agate. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fossil collection site, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Environment: lacustrine - small. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Babingtonite is a documented rockhounding destination in MA. Collectors visit for mixed minerals and rocks and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Barrus Mine pegmatite outcrop is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Tourmaline, Lepidolite, Spodumene. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Betts Mine (paid area) is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Rhodonite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Blandford is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Bolton Lime Quarry (paid area) is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Scapolite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fossil collection site in the Portland, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Massachusetts. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Chester is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Emery, Diaspore, Jasper, Pyrrhotite, Serpentine, Chromite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Chester pegmatite district in the Berkshires produced beryl crystals and is a classic New England mineral locality.
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Chesterfield is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Beryl, Kyanite, Staurolite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fossil collection site in the Portland, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Environment: lacustrine - small. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Cohasset is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Jasper, Epidote. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Conway is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Agate. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fossil collection site, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Dalton is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Asbestos, Talc. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Davis Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Chalcopyrite, Pyrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Deerfield is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Agate. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Deerfield River is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Jasper, Agate, Chalcedony. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Dighton Rock is a documented rockhounding destination in MA. Collectors visit for mixed minerals and rocks and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Fossil collection site in the Portland, Massachusetts. Environment: pond. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Gloucester County, Massachusetts. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Massachusetts. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fletcher Granite Quarry - North Chemsford, Massachusetts is a documented rockhounding destination in MA. Collectors visit for fossils, trilobites, dinosaur bone and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Fossil collection site, Massachusetts. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the East Berlin, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Environment: lacustrine - large. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Dukes County, Massachusetts. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Dukes County, Massachusetts. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Goshen is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Central Massachusetts pegmatites near Petersham in the Worcester Range contain beryl and tourmaline in muscovite-rich zones.
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Fossil collection site in the Cambridge, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Environment: marginal marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Portland, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Mount Toby, Massachusetts. Environment: lacustrine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Mount Toby, Massachusetts. Environment: lacustrine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Portland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the East Berlin, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Lane Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Datolite, Prehnite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Lane Trap Rock Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Prehnite, Datolite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Leverett is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Chalcopyrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fossil collection site, Massachusetts. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Lily Pond is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Emerald, Goshenite, Smoky Quartz, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Loudville is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Chalcopyrite, Wulfenite, Cerussite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Malden is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Novaculite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Marshfield is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Jasper. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Middlesborough is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Agate, Chalcedony. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fossil collection site in the Portland, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Montague is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Chalcopyrite, Hematite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fossil collection site in the Portland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Environment: fluvial-lacustrine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Montgomery is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Galena. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Monument Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fossil collection site in the Portland, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Environment: fluvial-lacustrine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Portland, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Environment: fluvial-lacustrine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the East Berlin, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Environment: lacustrine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Quartz veins and fluorite occurrences in metamorphic rock of Mount Wachusett attract collectors to reservation road cuts.
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Fossil collection site in the Rhode Island, Massachusetts. Environment: fluvial-lacustrine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Newburyport is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Siderite, Tetrahedrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fossil collection site in the Wamsutta, Massachusetts. Environment: wet floodplain. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Portland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Northfield is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Garnet, Golden Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Northfield Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Garnet. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Norwich is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Norwich Bridge is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fossil collection site in the Portland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Pittsfield is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Green Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Plainfield is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Ankerite, Garnet, Quartz crystals, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fossil collection site, Massachusetts. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Plymouth Rock Monument is a documented rockhounding destination in MA. Collectors visit for mixed minerals and rocks and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Fossil collection site, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Reynolds Mine at Beryl Hill is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Beryl, Smoky Quartz, Muscovite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Rhodonite is a documented rockhounding destination in MA. Collectors visit for mixed minerals and rocks and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Rockport is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Amazonite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Rollstone Hill is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fossil collection site in the Portland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Environment: fluvial-lacustrine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Rowley is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Jasper. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Roxbury Puddingstone is a documented rockhounding destination in MA. Collectors visit for mixed minerals and rocks and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Sandwich is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Jasper. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fossil collection site, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. Environment: estuary/bay. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the East Berlin, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Environment: fluvial-lacustrine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Mount Toby, Massachusetts. Environment: lacustrine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Mount Toby, Massachusetts. Environment: lacustrine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Portland, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Portland, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Environment: fluvial-lacustrine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Sterling is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Chalcopyrite, Siderite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fossil collection site in the Portland, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Environment: fluvial-lacustrine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the East Berlin, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Environment: fluvial-lacustrine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Portland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Warwick is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Hematite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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West Chesterfield is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Westfield is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Chiastolite crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fossil collection site, Dukes County, Massachusetts. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Wrentham area mines historically produced rhodonite, Massachusetts's state gem, in metamorphic manganese deposits.
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Zoar is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Talc. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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