Polished Tiger Iron slab TI384 peanut wood From near Newman
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From near Newman
Weighs 158 grams
5 mm thick
Dimensions approximately 215 mm x 110 mm x 7 mm thick
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Polished Tiger Iron slab TI384 peanut wood From near NewmanTI384 Tiger Iron slab, polished on one side. Dimensions at widest points approximately 220 mm x 170 mm Very slightly tapering thickness 6. 5 8. 5 mm thick. Weighs: 820 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.