Polished Desert Sunset slab DS175 purple chalcedony 190 mm x 90 mm

190 mm x 90 mm x 10 mm thick

8 billion years

Weighs 90 grams

Location is near the town of Meekatharra

Dimensions at widest points approximately 180 mm x 95 mm x 12 mm thick

Polished Desert Sunset slab DS175 purple chalcedony 190 mm x 90 mmDS174 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.