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Zebra stone

A sedimentary rock; commercial name for a banded brown and white siltstone found mostly in the Kimberley region, Western Australia. The deposit is 600 million years old. The dark spots are coloured by hematite.

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1 specimen: 0655 — 23.50 ct, Australia, Western Australia, Kimberley, Kununurra.


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