Polished Tiger Iron slab TI346 peanut Kaolinite has unusual reddish hue

Kaolinite has unusual reddish hue in this piece

Weighs 689 grams

MK517   Mookaite

Dimensions at widest points approximately 65 mm x 55 mm x 18 mm thick

150 mm x 50 mm  x 8

Polished Tiger Iron slab TI346 peanut Kaolinite has unusual reddish hueTI346 Tiger Iron slab, polished on one side. Dimensions at widest points approximately 200 mm x 165 mm x 7. 5 mm thick. Weighs: 607 grams From the Cleaverville Formation, Ord Ranges near Port Hedland, Western Australia. Age is over 3 billion years. Tiger iron is a banded iron formation (BIF) or jaspilite that has alternating layers of black and brown hematite magnetite, red jasper and chatoyant golden tiger eye.