Natural History; Including Fossils, Minerals, & Meteorites
Natural History; Including Fossils, Minerals, & Meteorites
Lot Closed
November 24, 08:22 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
NATURAL TIGER'S EYE FREE FORM SCULPTURE
Mount Brockman Station, Pilbara, Western Australia
11 inches tall. In its natural free-form shape, hand polished to a high luster.
The incredible Marra Mamba tiger eye is found only in one small area, Western Australia, and represents one of the finest and rarest of the world's minerals. Tiger eye is an ancient rock, formed from sediments laid down at the bottom of a shallow sea over two and a half billion years ago. With a nice thick band of glowing tiger’s eye with brilliant golden yellow and lines of deep red and rich green colors so characteristic of the Marra Mamba material.