Polished Porphyry slab. PO 128 polished jasper MK457 Mookaite

MK457   Mookaite

The "Carawine Dolomite" is a geological formation that occurs in numerous isolated areas in the eastern part of the Hamersley Basin in the Pilbara region of Western Australia

115 mm x 50 mm x 15 mm thick at widest points

Dimensions at widest points approximately 195 mm x 90 mm x 9

5 mm thick

Polished Porphyry slab. PO 128 polished jasper MK457 MookaitePO128. Pink porphyry slab, cut and polished on one side. From Mindoolah, Western Australia. Dimensions at widest points approximately 110 mm x 85 mm x 8. 4 mm thick. Weighs 213 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