Polished Tiger Iron slab TI351 lemon chrysoprase 140 mm x 95 mm
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Description
140 mm x 95 mm x 65 mm thick
165 mm x 165 mm x 11 mm
Carnegia wongawolensis
Kennedy Ranges
Polished Tiger Iron slab TI351 lemon chrysoprase 140 mm x 95 mmTI351 Tiger Iron slab, polished on one side. Dimensions at widest points approximately 220 mm x 170 mm x 8 mm thick. Weighs: 769 grams From the Cleaverville Formation, Ord Ranges near Port Hedland, Western Australia. Age is over 3 billion years. Tiger iron is a banded iron formation (BIF) or jaspilite that has alternating layers of black and brown hematite magnetite, red jasper and chatoyant golden tiger eye.