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."
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-
Polished Double Terminated Tigers Eye Crystal x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 1,133.00 ZAR
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Polished Tigers Eye Balls x 6 from Prieska, South Africa
R 1,408.00 ZAR
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Polished Red Banded Tigers Eye Ball x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 792.00 ZAR
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Polished Tigers Eye Eggs x 5 from Prieska, South Africa
R 869.00 ZAR
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Polished Gold Blue & Red Points & Double Terminated Tigers Eye Crystals x 6 from Prieska, South Africa
R 1,034.00 ZAR
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Polished Mixed Sodalite, Swazi Jade, Red Banded Tigers Eye Balls x 6 from Southern Africa
R 1,447.00 ZAR
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Polished Tigers Eye Balls x 2 from Prieska, South Africa
R 671.00 ZAR
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Polished Tigers Eye Free forms x 6 from Prieska, South Africa
R 484.00 ZAR
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Polished Red Banded Tigers Eye Balls x 6 from Prieska, South Africa
R 1,342.00 ZAR
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Polished Blue Gold Tigers Eye Crystal Points x 6 from Prieska, South Africa
R 1,452.00 ZAR
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Polished Tigers Eye, Swazi Jade, & Sodalite Spheres x 6 from Southern Africa
R 1,190.00 ZAR
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Polished Red Banded Tigers Eye Ball x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 820.00 ZAR
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Polished Red Banded Tigers Eye Balls x 3 from Prieska, South Africa
R 978.00 ZAR
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Polished Tigers Eye Crystal Points x 6 from Prieska, South Africa
R 1,192.00 ZAR
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Polished Golden Tigers Eye Slabs x 24 from Prieska, South Africa
R 627.00 ZAR
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Polished Golden Tigers Eye Spheres x 2 from Prieska, South Africa
R 537.00 ZAR
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Polished Golden Tigers Eye Standing Free Forms x 24 from Prieska, South Africa
R 814.00 ZAR
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Polished Double Terminated Tigers Eye Crystal x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 1,628.00 ZAR
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Polished Double Terminated Tigers Eye Crystal x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 1,527.00 ZAR
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Polished Tigers Eye Standing Free Forms x 12 from Prieska, South Africa
R 704.00 ZAR
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Polished Tigers Eye Crystal Points x 2 from Prieska, South Africa
R 515.00 ZAR
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Polished Mixed Colour Tigers Eye Crystal Points x 6 from Prieska, South Africa
R 1,188.00 ZAR
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Polished Double Terminated Red Banded Tigers Eye Crystal x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 814.00 ZAR
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Polished Double Terminated Gold Variegated Tigers Eye Crystal x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 1,422.00 ZAR
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Polished Double Terminated Blue Gold Variegated Tigers Eye Crystal x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 673.00 ZAR
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Polished Double Terminated Red Banded Tigers Eye Crystal x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 1,408.00 ZAR
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Polished Double Terminated Blue Gold Tigers Eye Crystal x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 611.00 ZAR
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Polished Double Terminated Tigers Eye Crystals x 2 from Prieska, South Africa
R 1,012.00 ZAR
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Polished Red Banded Gold Tigers Eye Crystal Point x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 2,187.00 ZAR
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Polished Red Banded Gold Tigers Eye Crystal Point x 1 from Prieska, South Africa
R 2,244.00 ZAR
