8.7" Polished Chrome Chalcedony Slab - Western Australia

This is a stunning, 8.7" wide, polished slab of chrome chalcedony, collected near the town of Newman in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia.

It comes with an acrylic display stand.

Chrome chalcedony is a variety of chalcedony that gains its green color from trace amounts of chromium. Depending on where it comes from, it may have different names. Specimens from Australia are called chrome chalcedony, from Zimbabwe its known as "mtorolite" and specimens from Bolivia are often referred to as "chiquitanita". Chrome chalcedony is similar to chrysoprase, but chrysoprase earns its color from trace amounts of nickel as opposed to chrome chalcedony's chromium.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Quartz var. Chalcedony
LOCATION
Newman, Pilbara Region, Western Australia
SIZE
8.7 x 4.4", .65" thick
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#221446