Polished Tiger Iron TI393
Regular price
$45.00
AUD. Plus 10% GST in Australia.
TI393 Tiger Iron rough rock, cut and polished on one side with a rough natural back and a cut base to sit as a display specimen.
Dimensions at widest points approximately 90 mm x 80 mm x 25 mm thick.
Weighs: 412 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.