Polished Tiger Iron TI380

TI380   Tiger Iron rough rock, cut and polished on one side with a cut back and base to sit as a display specimen.

Dimensions at widest points approximately 205 mm  x 150 mm x 55 mm thick.

Weighs: 4,920 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.