Where to Find Agate in Alabama
Alabama has 3 mapped collecting spots that report agate, spread across 2 counties. The largest share sits in Tuscaloosa County with 2 spots. 2 of the spots are on land mapped as publicly accessible.
Every agate spot we track in Alabama
Best spotBlack Warrior River Mines & PitsTuscaloosa County, AlabamaPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony, Fossil +4
Best spotTennessee River (Muscle Shoals)Colbert County, AlabamaPublic access · Chert, Fossil, Chalcedony +1
Brookwood Strip MinesTuscaloosa County, AlabamaCheck locally · Hematite, Quartz, Siderite +2
Standout agate spots in Alabama
Hand-picked from the full list above, with the reason each one earns a trip.
Tennessee River (Muscle Shoals)
Colbert County
The Tennessee Valley around Muscle Shoals exposes Mississippian Fort Payne and Tuscumbia limestones and their cherts, which weather into gravels loaded with silicified crinoid stems, corals, brachiopods, and blastoids.
Black Warrior River Mines & Pits
Tuscaloosa County
The gravels of the Black Warrior River around Tuscaloosa are one of Alabama's most productive spots for agate, jasper, chalcedony, and silicified wood eroded from the Coastal Plain and coal-basin rocks upstream.
Best counties for agate in Alabama
Ranked by the number of mapped agate spots. County links open the full rockhounding page for that county.
Before you go
Read the agate identification guide so you know what a keeper looks like in the field: Agate in the encyclopedia.
