Polished Desert Sunset DS178 crystophase Large museum piece

Large museum piece

Weight 503 grams

120mm x 95mm x 50mm thick

It occurs in the Pilbara region of Western Australia on Abydos Station approximately 120 km south of Port Hedland

Polished Desert Sunset DS178 crystophase Large museum pieceDS178 Desert Sunset rough rock, cut and polished on one side with a natural rough back. Dimensions at widest points approximately 150 mm x 75 mm x 85 mm thick. Weighs 1,345 grams. Desert Sunset is a banded iron formation that is comprised of alternating layers of red and yellow jasper and chert with narrow bands of black hematite. It comes from near Fields Find, a small abandoned gold mining centre in the Midwest region of Western Australia.