Polished Tiger Iron TI200

TI200   Tiger Iron slab, cut and polished on one side .

Large slab with lots of folding !

Dimensions at widest points approximately 250 mm  x 150 mm wide x 8 mm thick.

Weighs:  770 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.