Polished Tiger Iron TI206

TI206   Tiger Iron rough rock, cut and polished on one side with a natural back.

Dimensions at widest points approximately 110 mm  x 40 mm wide x 30 mm thick.

Weighs:  246 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.