Polished Porphyry . PO 122 alcheringa narrina Ord Ranges near Port Hedland

Ord Ranges near Port Hedland

From near Newman

It weighs 546 grams

It weighs 10

Approximate dimensions at widest points 235 mm  x 140 mm  x 13 mm thick

Polished Porphyry . PO 122 alcheringa narrina Ord Ranges near Port HedlandPO122. Pink porphyry slab, cut and polished on one side. From Mindoolah, Western Australia. Dimensions at widest points approximately 290 mm x 165 mm x 10 mm thick. Weighs 898 grams. Porphyry is a general term that is used rather loosely for igneous rocks which contain relatively large isolated crystals set in a fine grained groundmass. The porphyry pictured here has pinkish coloured clinozoisite crystals set in a ground mass of dolerite. The