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Tiger iron = layered mineral mixture consisting of different proportions of:
Red-brown jasper - shiny golden tiger's eye and shiny metallic magnetite
The magnetite veins in particular originate from banded ores that erupted from undersea volcanoes around 2.1 BILLION years ago; the other components only formed a billion years later.
This great plate is HAND-POLISHED on both sides and shows incredible shine, especially from the tiger's eye veins, especially in good light.
The raw material is found at the BANDET IRON MINE in TRANSVAAL - SOUTH AFRICA
Weight of the plate is 0.6 kilogram Dimensions: 14.5 x 12 x 1.2 cm
