Polished Chert Breccia CB104 polished snakeskin From the Eastern Goldfields region

From the Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia

Weighs 162 grams

The porphyry pictured here has pinkish coloured clinozoisite crystals set in a ground mass of dolerite

Age is approx

220 mm x 125 mm x 9 mm thick

Polished Chert Breccia CB104 polished snakeskin From the Eastern Goldfields regionCB104. Chert Breccia slab, cut and polished on one side . Dimensions at widest points approximately 170 mm x 120 mm x 20 mm thick. Weighs 776 grams. This breccia consists of innumerable angular fragments of assorted rock types but predominantly jasper, quartz and chert. It occurs in the Pinyalling Hills which are located in the midwest region of Western Australia, approximately 200 miles north of Perth.