Rare and unique Zebrastone

Zebra Stone

It is an ancient 1.2 billion year old geologic formation which is found nowhere else in the world. It displays rate rhythmic iron patterns which is an enigma for science and a work of art in itself. Every piece is unique and rare, deposits of this stone are very sparse…and won’t be available anymore too far in the future…

I’ll be keeping a piece for myself 😍

Metaphysically it is a very positive stone and increased stamina and physical energy xx

Just how zebra rock forms remains something of a mystery, but regardless of how it forms, the precise combination of processes must be very rare. Otherwise it would be found in other places. The most similar rock, called print stone, is found near Mt Tom Price, in the Pilbara region of WA, but the colour banding is thinner and less regular than zebra rock.

At first sight, the red and white stripes of zebra rock look a lot like alternating sedimentary layers, and, indeed, this was the initial suggestion when it was first described in the 1920’s. However, closer inspection shows that some of the stripes cut across the sedimentary layers of the host rock, a claystone of Ediacaran age, called the Johnny Cake Shale. This means that the stripes formed after the sediment was deposited. A key question is whether the white stripes formed in a uniformly red rock or whether the red stripes formed in a uniformly white rock – a bit like asking whether zebras have black stripes on a white coat or white stripes on a black coat.

A number of other theories about the origin of zebra rock have been proposed, including:

hydrothermal alteration by hot, percolating fluids

Liesegang banding resulting from groundwater flow

acid sulphate soil weathering

precipitation from a colloidal suspension

microbial activity.

For more information please follow this link

https://www.nationalrockgarden.com.au/featured-article/zebra-rock-australias-national-rock/