Polished Bauxite BAU128 Desert Sunset Difficult to photograph but is

Difficult to photograph but is a pleasing lilac colour

Weighs 420 grams

Very unusual piece with much of the variscite altering from green to yellow

Large museum piece

HEM133  Hematite geode half

Polished Bauxite BAU128 Desert Sunset Difficult to photograph but isBAU128. Bauxite (laterite) rough rock, cut and polished on one side. Dimensions at widest points approximately 150 mm x 100 mm x 70 mm thick. Weighs 1,173 grams. Bauxite is the main raw material used in the commercial production of aluminium. Large reserves of this stone occur in Western Australia. This specimen is from east of the Darling Ranges just outside the city of Perth.