Beautifully ground and polished.
Tiger iron = layered mineral mixture of reddish-brown jasper, shiny golden tiger's eye and shiny metallic magnetite (Fe3O4)
The magnetite veins, in particular, originate from BANDER ores that erupted from submarine volcanoes over 2 BILLION years ago. The other components were formed more than a billion years LATER.
High-gloss, optically 1 A.
Location of the raw material: Bandet Iron Mine - TRANSVAAL - SOUTH AFRICA
Weight: 450 g Dimensions: 11.5 x 10.5 cm Plate thickness: 1.5 cm