Polished Tiger Iron slab TI351 epidote A rare and unusual piece

A rare and unusual piece displaying rhythmic banding of the silica solutions that usually cement the breccia together

Weighs 999 grams

Weight is 570 grams

160 mm high x 135 mm wide x 55 mm

Polished Tiger Iron slab TI351 epidote A rare and unusual pieceTI351 Tiger Iron slab, polished on one side. Dimensions at widest points approximately 220 mm x 170 mm x 8 mm thick. Weighs: 769 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.