Polished Desert Sunset DS195 lepidolite It weighs 196 grams

It weighs 196 grams

145 mm x 90 mm x 6

This unusual piece displays peanut wood transitioning into white radiolarite alongside lilac Mookaite

However this one is special due to it's extreme age as well as inclusions of pyrite scattered throughout

Polished Desert Sunset DS195 lepidolite It weighs 196 gramsDS195 Desert Sunset rough rock, cut and polished on one side with a natural rough back. Dimensions at widest points approximately 150 mm x 120 mm x 55 mm thick. Weighs 1,583 grams. Desert Sunset is a banded iron formation that is comprised of alternating layers of red and yellow jasper and chert with narrow bands of black hematite. It comes from near Fields Find, a small abandoned gold mining centre in the Midwest region of Western Australia.