Mineral Type - Tigers Eye
Common name for a variety of quartz which is chatoyant because of parallel intergrowth of quartz crystals and altered amphibole fibres that mostly turned into limonite. Much used as an ornamental and lapidary rock.
A new interpretation of the origin of tiger's eye was recently given by Heaney and Fisher (2003): "Tiger's-eye is an attractive and popular gemstone that is ubiquitous in stores that cater to rock and mineral collectors. For more than a century, textbooks and museum displays have identified the material as an archetype of pseudomorphism, i.e., the replacement of one mineral by another with the retention of the earlier mineral's shape. Our study has revealed that the textures responsible for the shimmer of tiger's-eye do not represent pseudomorphic substitution of quartz after preexisting crocidolite asbestos. Rather, we argue that tiger's-eye classically exemplifies synchronous mineral growth through a crack-seal vein-filling process."
Colour: Yellow-brown
A new interpretation of the origin of tiger's eye was recently given by Heaney and Fisher (2003): "Tiger's-eye is an attractive and popular gemstone that is ubiquitous in stores that cater to rock and mineral collectors. For more than a century, textbooks and museum displays have identified the material as an archetype of pseudomorphism, i.e., the replacement of one mineral by another with the retention of the earlier mineral's shape. Our study has revealed that the textures responsible for the shimmer of tiger's-eye do not represent pseudomorphic substitution of quartz after preexisting crocidolite asbestos. Rather, we argue that tiger's-eye classically exemplifies synchronous mineral growth through a crack-seal vein-filling process."
Physical Properties
Lustre: VitreousColour: Yellow-brown
Crystallography
Crystal System: TrigonalSynonyms
Pseudocrocidolite, and Tiger EyeVarieties
Falcon’s Eye-
One Side Polished Tigers Eye Slabs x 6 from Prieska, South Africa
R 840.00 ZAR
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Polished Medium Tigers Eye Crystal Ball x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 766.00 ZAR
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Polished Medium Tigers Eye Crystal Ball x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 799.00 ZAR
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Polished & Natural Red Banded Tigers Eye & Tigers Eye Slabs x 6 from Prieska, South Africa
R 550.00 ZAR
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Polished Red Banded Tigers Eye Ball x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 486.00 ZAR
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Polished XL Red Banded Golden Tigers Eye Ball x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 968.00 ZAR
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Polished Medium Red Banded Tigers Eye Balls x 2 from Prieska, South Africa
R 735.00 ZAR
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Polished & Natural Tigers Eye & Red Banded Ironstone Crystals x 6 from South Africa
R 561.00 ZAR
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Polished Large Red Banded Tigers Eye Ball x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 780.00 ZAR
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Polished Large Red Banded Tigers Eye Ball x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 1,066.00 ZAR
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Polished Medium Tigers Eye Brecciated Jasper & Sodalite Slices x 6 from Southern Africa
R 484.00 ZAR
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Polished Large Red Banded Tigers Eye Ball x 1 from Northern Cape, South Africa
R 977.00 ZAR
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Polished Large Red Banded Tigers Eye Crystal Ball x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 799.00 ZAR
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Polished Large Red Banded Tigers Eye Crystal Ball x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 736.00 ZAR
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Polished Large Red Banded Tigers Eye Crystal Ball x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 617.00 ZAR
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Polished XL Red Banded Tigers Eye Crystal Sphere x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 993.00 ZAR
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Polished Large Red Banded Tigers Eye Crystal Sphere x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 624.00 ZAR
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Polished XL Red Banded Tigers Eye Crystal Ball x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 838.00 ZAR
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Polished Red Banded Medium Tigers Eye Crystal Ball x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 650.00 ZAR
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Polished Red Banded Large Tigers Eye Crystal Ball x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 1,313.00 ZAR
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Polished Red Banded Tigers Eye Crystal Balls x 6 from Prieska, South Africa
R 2,142.00 ZAR
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Polished Red Banded Tigers Eye Balls x 6 from South Africa
R 1,320.00 ZAR
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Polished & Natural Banded Ironstone & Tigers Eye Crystals x 12 from South Africa
R 748.00 ZAR
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Polished Golden Tigers Eye Freeforms x 8 from Prieska, South Africa
R 500.00 ZAR
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Polished Tigers Eye Freeforms x 35 from Prieska, South Africa
R 440.00 ZAR
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Polished Golden Tigers Eye Freeforms x 6 from Prieska, South Africa
R 462.00 ZAR
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Polished Golden Tigers Eye Crystals x 12 from Prieska, South Africa
R 792.00 ZAR
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Polished Golden Tigers Eye Slabs x 49 from Prieska, South Africa
R 638.00 ZAR
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Polished Golden Tigers Eye Slices x 27 from Northern Cape, South Africa
R 990.00 ZAR
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Polished Golden Tigers Eye Slabs x 18 from Prieska, South Africa
R 825.00 ZAR
