Polished Desert Sunset DS178 crystophase From Stichtite Hill

From Stichtite Hill

Large museum piece

weighs 470grams

Dimensions at widest points approximately 95 mm x 45 mm x 30 mm thick

Weighs 156 grams

Polished Desert Sunset DS178 crystophase From Stichtite HillDS178 Desert Sunset rough rock, cut and polished on one side with a natural rough back. Dimensions at widest points approximately 150 mm x 75 mm x 85 mm thick. Weighs 1,345 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.