Polished Desert Sunset slab DS179 rare agate “Eucapsiphora leakensis”

“Eucapsiphora leakensis”

NJ435  A rough rock

Dimensions at widest points approximately 110 mm x 75 mm x 40 mm thick

CH425  Chrysoprase nodule

Quartz vein intrusion in this piece

Polished Desert Sunset slab DS179 rare agate “Eucapsiphora leakensis”DS179 Desert Sunset slab, polished on one side. Dimensions at widest points approximately 175 mm x 75 mm x 9 mm thick. Weighs 286 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.