Polished Tiger Iron slab TI261 epidote 180 mm x 130 mm

180 mm x 130 mm x 50 mm thick

From Mooka Creek near the Kennedy Ranges

120 mm x 70 mm x 25 mm thick

Difficult to photograph due to the mirror black polish

Polished Tiger Iron slab TI261 epidote 180 mm x 130 mmTI261 Tiger Iron slab, cut and polished on one side. Dimensions at widest points approximately 140 mm x 90 mm wide x 8 mm thick. Weighs: 227 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.