Polished Tiger Iron TI306 Polished Rhodonite CH456 Chrysoprase slab

CH456  Chrysoprase slab

Weighs:  239 grams

Dimensions at widest points approximately 75 mm x 55 mm x 45 mm thick

Unusual webbing in this piece with small oxidised cubic pyrite inclusions

Dimensions at widest points approximately 115 mm x 115 mm x 24 mm thick Weighs 536 grams

Polished Tiger Iron TI306 Polished Rhodonite CH456 Chrysoprase slabTI306 Tiger Iron rough rock, cut and polished on one side with a natural rough back. Dimensions at widest points approximately 160 mm x 50 mm wide x 35 mm thick. Weighs: 588 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