AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Australia > Hematite, Quartz var. Jasper, Tiger-Eye (Tiger Iron) |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 59620 |
Mineral: | Hematite, Quartz var. Jasper, Tiger-Eye (Tiger Iron) |
Locality: | Strelley Station, Ord Range, Western Australia, Australia |
Description: | Heavy specimen of banded Tiger Iron, the mixture of red-brown quartz var. jasper, dark gray-metallic hematite, and fibrous yellow tiger-eye (chatoyant material composed of quartz pseudomorphs after fibrous riebeckite crystals). One face is polished. |
Overall Size: | 12x10x5 cm |
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Archived: | For reference only |
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