Epidote, Quartz & Axinite slab EPI73 black jasper TIR138 Tiger Iron rough rock

TIR138 Tiger Iron rough rock

This stone occurs in the Pilbara region of Western Australia

TIR150 Tiger Iron rough rock

Dimensions at widest points approximately 210 mm  x 80 mm x 6 mm thick

The interesting cylindrical cavity is all that remain of a fossil belemnite which was a squid-like creature with a tapering torpedo or bullet shaped body

Epidote, Quartz & Axinite slab EPI73 black jasper TIR138 Tiger Iron rough rockEPI73 Epidote, Quartz & Axinite slab, cut and polished on one side. Epidote is the green mineral, Axinite is grey. Quartz is white. Dimensions 95 mm x 65 mm x 10 mm thick. Weighs 153 grams This stone occurs in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It occurs as a single vein, no thicker than 250mm that cross cuts the Weeli Wolli formation, a banded iron formation, (commonly jaspilitic) which is also intruded by metadoleritic sills. The quartz