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Agate near Ransom
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Ransom, KS US
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Location Type: Public Access
Details: Agate and petrified wood are reportedly found northeast of Ransom at a Seybert sand pit near the Smoky Hill River bridge at highway 283

Directions: If you can find the bridge I don't know easy it is to find the sand pit.

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Reference Info: "A Location Guide for Rockhounds in the United States part 2" page 168, http://www.missourigeologists.org/Min-Loc2-2005.pdf
Tags: agate, petrified wood, Ransom, Kansas, Ness County, Seybert, highway 283, 283, Smoky Hill River

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