Polished Tiger Iron slab TI237
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TI237 Tiger Iron slab, cut and polished on one side .
Interesting specimen that displays a small crosscutting quartz vein that has offset the bedding.
Dimensions at widest points approximately 145 mm x 70 mm wide x 9 mm thick.
Weighs: 252 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.
