Polished Tiger Iron slab TI377 Tiger Eye Superb museum quality specimen

Superb museum quality specimen

Dimensions at widest points approximately 150 mm x 80 mm x 21 mm thick

Dimensions approximately 170 mm x 65 mm x 9 mm thick

Very unusual specimen with this mix of red and other colours

Polished Tiger Iron slab TI377 Tiger Eye Superb museum quality specimenTI377 Tiger Iron slab, polished on one side. Dimensions at widest points approximately 195 mm x 130 mm x 9. 5 mm thick. Weighs: 548 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.