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Golden tiger's eye: honey and bronze tumbled stones
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Red tiger's eye: mahogany-banded tumbled stones
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Variegated tiger's eye: tumbled stones with shifting sheen
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Tiger's eye is a quartz whose original fibres have been replaced by silica, which gives it a silky, shifting sheen known as chatoyancy. It is opaque and yellow-brown.
- Colour: golden brown, with a silky, shifting sheen.
- Family and hardness: fibrous quartz (silica); Mohs hardness 7.
- Traditional symbolism: With its shifting golden sheen, it is traditionally associated with courage, confidence and determination.
- Care: Lukewarm water and a soft cloth; avoid prolonged exposure to sun and heat, which can alter its shade.
Heating a brown tiger's eye produces the reddish bull's eye, and blue-grey hawk's eye can be heated to turn golden. Unusual colours (bright blue, green) are generally dyed.
Profile: Tiger's eye
| Colour | golden brown, with a silky, shifting sheen |
|---|---|
| Mineral family | fibrous quartz (silica) |
| Hardness (Mohs scale) | 7 |
| Contact with water | yes |
| Sun exposure | caution |
| Traditional symbolism | With its shifting golden sheen, it is traditionally associated with courage, confidence and determination. |
| Traditional chakra | solar plexus |
| Care | Lukewarm water and a soft cloth; avoid prolonged exposure to sun and heat, which can alter its shade. |
| Good to know | Heating a brown tiger's eye produces the reddish bull's eye, and blue-grey hawk's eye can be heated to turn golden. Unusual colours (bright blue, green) are generally dyed. |
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The meanings given are traditions and symbolism, presented for their cultural and personal interest. They are not promises of results and do not replace the advice of a health professional.