Polished Tiger Iron slab TI340 brecciated Weighs 173 grams

Weighs 173 grams

45 mm x 30 mm x 25 mm

Beautiful slab displaying multi-coloured agate banding with a quartz crystal lined cavity

It probably grew in shallow water conditions with intermittent subaerial exposure

NJT129  Tumble polished Noreena Jasper from Western Australia

Polished Tiger Iron slab TI340 brecciated Weighs 173 gramsTI340 Tiger Iron slab, polished on one side. Dimensions at widest points approximately 200 mm x 105 mm x 9 mm thick. Weighs: 518 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.