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1.55" Polished Banded Shale Egg - New Mexico
This is a really cool, 1.55" tall egg made from alternating layers of black and grey banded shale collected in New Mexico. Its composition made it ideal for maintaining a flawless polish.
About Banded Shale
Banded shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock featuring alternating light and dark layers (clay and silt-sized particles of quartz), often enhanced through lapidary polishing to highlight its natural texture and color variations. Used for decoration or mineral study, this rock is highly prized for its unique, banded aesthetic, sometimes appearing metallic when polished, as seen in banded iron formations (BIFs).
Banded shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock featuring alternating light and dark layers (clay and silt-sized particles of quartz), often enhanced through lapidary polishing to highlight its natural texture and color variations. Used for decoration or mineral study, this rock is highly prized for its unique, banded aesthetic, sometimes appearing metallic when polished, as seen in banded iron formations (BIFs).
$15 $11
SPECIES
Shale (Sedimentary Rock)
LOCATION
New Mexico
SIZE
1.55 x 1.2"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#356258
