Polished Tiger Iron TI206 snakeskin These small branching columnar stromatolites

These small branching columnar stromatolites are from the “Mount Leake Sandstone”

Dimensions at widest points approximately 130 mm x  90 mm x 65 mm thick

Weighs 153 grams

Weighs 224 grams

This stone occurs in the Pilbara region of Western Australia

Polished Tiger Iron TI206 snakeskin These small branching columnar stromatolitesTI206 Tiger Iron rough rock, cut and polished on one side with a natural back. Dimensions at widest points approximately 110 mm x 40 mm wide x 30 mm thick. Weighs: 245 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.