Polished Desert Sunset slab DS175 dendrites The amphibolite

The amphibolite

Dimensions at widest points approximately 170 mm x 80 mm x 50 mm thick

cut and polished on one side with a natural rough back and a cut base to sit as a display specimen

From near Paraburdoo

The matrix that this copper based mineral forms on is kaolinite

Polished Desert Sunset slab DS175 dendrites The amphiboliteDS174 Desert Sunset slab, polished on one side . Dimensions at widest points approximately 135 mm x 120 mm x 10 mm thick. Weighs 303 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.