Where to Find Chalcedony in New Jersey
New Jersey has 7 mapped collecting spots that report chalcedony, spread across 4 counties. 7 of the spots are on land mapped as publicly accessible.
Every chalcedony spot we track in New Jersey
Best spotCape MayCape May County, New JerseyPublic access · Quartz, Chalcedony
Best spotHigbee Beach Wildlife Management AreaCape May County, New JerseyPublic access · Quartz, Chalcedony
Pompton LakesPassaic County, New JerseyPublic access · Banded Agate, Amethyst, Barite +12
Prospect Park QuarryPassaic County, New JerseyPublic access · Banded Agate, Amethyst, Barite +12
Union CountySomerset County, New JerseyPublic access · Agate, Apophyllite, Albite +6
Warren TownshipSomerset County, New JerseyPublic access · Banded Agate, Moss Agate, Chalcedony +6
Bergen CountyBergen County, New JerseyPublic access · Agate, Amethyst, Carnelian +5
Standout chalcedony spots in New Jersey
Hand-picked from the full list above, with the reason each one earns a trip.
Cape May
Cape May County
Sunset Beach at the tip of Cape May is the classic place to hunt Cape May diamonds, rounded pure quartz pebbles that polish up like gemstones.
Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area
Cape May County
Higbee Beach is a free, no-tag stretch of Delaware Bay shoreline where Cape May diamonds, wave-polished clear quartz pebbles, concentrate along the strand line.
Best counties for chalcedony in New Jersey
Ranked by the number of mapped chalcedony spots. County links open the full rockhounding page for that county.
- Cape May County2 spots
- Passaic County2 spots
- Somerset County2 spots
- Bergen County1 spot
Before you go
Read the chalcedony identification guide so you know what a keeper looks like in the field: Chalcedony in the encyclopedia.
