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6.8" Polished Porphyry Stone Slab - Western Australia
This is a 6.8" wide slab of porphyry, collected near the town of Cue in Western Australia. It has been cut flat into a slab and polished to a glossy-finish on one side. It displays nicely on the included display stand.
Porphyry is a general term that is used to refer to igneous rocks containing relatively large, isolated crystals set in a fine-grained ground mass. This porphyry has pinkish colored clinozoisite crystals in a mass of dolerite. The clinozoisite has replaced but retained the shape of plagioclase feldspar crystals.
SPECIES
Clinozoisite & Colerite
LOCATION
Mindoolah, near Cue, Western Australia
SIZE
6.8 x 3.85", .45" thick
CATEGORY
ITEM
#239746