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Mineral Type - Tigers Eye - All

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."

Physical Properties

Lustre: Vitreous
Colour: Yellow-brown

Crystallography

Crystal System: Trigonal

Synonyms

Pseudocrocidolite, and Tiger Eye

Varieties

Falcon’s Eye

Polished Large Tigers Eye Spheres , Great Chatoyancy x 2 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Large Tigers Eye Spheres , Great Chatoyancy x 2 From Prieska, South Africa

R 824.00 ZAR
Polished Large Tigers Eye Spheres x 2 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Large Tigers Eye Spheres x 2 From Prieska, South Africa

R 766.00 ZAR
Polished Golden & Variegated Tigers Eye Spheres x 6 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Golden & Variegated Tigers Eye Spheres x 6 From Prieska, South Africa

R 1,255.00 ZAR
Polished Banded Golden Tigers Eye Spheres (with some blue) x 6 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Banded Golden Tigers Eye Spheres (with some blue) x 6 From Prieska, South Africa

R 1,253.00 ZAR
Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 6 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 6 From Prieska, South Africa

R 1,195.00 ZAR
Polished Tigers Eye Massage Wands x 2 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Tigers Eye Massage Wands x 2 From Prieska, South Africa

R 800.00 ZAR
Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 4 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 4 From Prieska, South Africa

R 1,247.00 ZAR
Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 4 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 4 From Prieska, South Africa

R 803.00 ZAR
Polished Tigers Eye Massage Wands x 2 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Tigers Eye Massage Wands x 2 From Prieska, South Africa

R 954.00 ZAR
Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 4 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 4 From Prieska, South Africa

R 1,179.00 ZAR
Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 4 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 4 From Prieska, South Africa

R 1,090.00 ZAR
Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 6 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 6 From Prieska, South Africa

R 1,440.00 ZAR
Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 6 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 6 From Prieska, South Africa

R 1,083.00 ZAR
Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 4 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 4 From Prieska, South Africa

R 1,158.00 ZAR
Polished Rare Sized Large Tigers Eye Spheres x 2 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Rare Sized Large Tigers Eye Spheres x 2 From Prieska, South Africa

R 884.00 ZAR
Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 6 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 6 From Prieska, South Africa

R 1,357.00 ZAR
Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 4 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 4 From Prieska, South Africa

R 1,039.00 ZAR
Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 6 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 6 From Prieska, South Africa

R 1,299.00 ZAR
Polished Large Tigers Eye Spheres  x 2 From South Africa - TopRock

Polished Large Tigers Eye Spheres x 2 From South Africa

R 715.00 ZAR
Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 6 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 6 From Prieska, South Africa

R 1,299.00 ZAR
Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 6 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 6 From Prieska, South Africa

R 1,253.00 ZAR
Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 6 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 6 From Prieska, South Africa

R 1,274.00 ZAR
Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 6 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 6 From Prieska, South Africa

R 1,123.00 ZAR
Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 6 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Tigers Eye Spheres x 6 From Prieska, South Africa

R 1,051.00 ZAR
Polished Extra Long Tigers Eye Massage Wand x 1 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Extra Long Tigers Eye Massage Wand x 1 From Prieska, South Africa

R 647.00 ZAR
Polished Extra Extra Long Golden Tigers Eye Massage Wands x 2 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Extra Extra Long Golden Tigers Eye Massage Wands x 2 From Prieska, South Africa

R 1,392.00 ZAR
Polished Tigers Eye Medium Spheres x 4 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Tigers Eye Medium Spheres x 4 From Prieska, South Africa

R 1,169.00 ZAR
Polished Extra Long Golden Banded Tigers Eye Massage Wand x 1 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Extra Long Golden Banded Tigers Eye Massage Wand x 1 From Prieska, South Africa

R 661.00 ZAR
Polished Tigers Eye Massage Wands x 4 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Tigers Eye Massage Wands x 4 From Prieska, South Africa

R 1,624.00 ZAR
Polished Double Terminated Blue Gold Tigers Eye Crystals x 5 From Prieska, South Africa - TopRock

Polished Double Terminated Blue Gold Tigers Eye Crystals x 5 From Prieska, South Africa

R 1,071.00 ZAR
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