Plate I — Divination
Name the stone you're chasing. The Oracle answers with the closest ground that carries it, the nearest place you can leave the car, and the walk from there.
Start point
No start point yet — distances are straight-line until you set one.
Nephrite rides serpentinite belts along old ocean-floor sutures — look where green rock meets river gravel.
Fraser Valley
A shifting gravel bar on the big brown river, named in the government mineral inventory for its rockhounding potential. Everything the Coast Mountains and Cascades shed ends up here eventually.
Drive times are estimates over BC backroad averages until you route them. Claims, closures and park rules change — check before you dig, and leave the fragile stuff where it sits.