Polished Desert Sunset DS178 crystophase It occurs in the Pilbara

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

Large museum piece

From Stichtite Hill

Weight 503 grams

Weighs 347 grams

Polished Desert Sunset DS178 crystophase It occurs in the PilbaraDS178 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.