7.1" Polished Porphyry Section (Free-Standing) - Western Australia

Polished Porphyry Section (Free-Standing) - Western Australia #64790

This is a 7.1" tall, section of cut/polished, Porphyry near the town of Cue in Western Australia. The polished face measures 7.1x9" and the base has been cut flat making for a gorgeous, decorative display.

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.

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