Polished Outback Jasper slab OJ205 lepidolite CH456 Chrysoprase slab

CH456  Chrysoprase slab

cut and polished on one side with a natural crystalline rear

so metamorphism and folding has added other interesting features such as cross cutting quartz veins and convolutions

Skin of chrysoprase on this one

The interesting cylindrical cavity is all that remains of a fossil belemnite which was a squid-like creature with a tapering torpedo or bullet shaped body

Polished Outback Jasper slab OJ205 lepidolite CH456 Chrysoprase slabOJ205 A slab, polished on one side. Dimensions at widest points approximately 140 mm x 100 mm x 9 mm thick. It weighs 277 grams. From the mid west region of Western Australia near the small gold mining centre of Payne's Find.