>>2676147In my area, probably 95-99% on public land (BLM, USFS). I've got a bucket of peridot, a bucket of apache tears, unlimited deposits of quartz ( mostly milky but also rose, clear, smoky, and amethyst), agate, pyrite (almost any wash in the state is loaded with it), amber, garnet, petrified wood, copper ores (turquoise, malachite, chrysocolla), volcanic and meteoric iron and also iron sands, sulfur and lead ores abound (galena and anglesite), also oreohelix land snail shells and some marine fossils. I imagine in a state like Florida, water (rivers, bogs, beaches etc) would be your best hounding areas.
t. state with consistently the highest non-industrial gemstone and mineral value in the US for the last 50+ years, also is the 2nd highest in overall estimated mineral value (industrial, also beats CA and TX), and is tied for 1st or is 2nd in total number of abandoned mines in the US
