Starry Jasper polished display specimen SJ146

SJ146.  Starry Jasper display specimen.

A rough rock, cut and polished on one side with a natural  back and a cut base to stand on.

Dimensions at widest points approximately 225 mm x 170 mm x 70 mm thick.

Weighs 5,200 grams.

Starry Jasper is a vibrant red jasper with intrusions of quartz veining along with splashes of silvery , metallic looking pyrite.( Almost no pyrite in this piece)  It was collected many years ago from a large open cut gold mine at Reedys near Cue in Western Australia.