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Product: Tiger Eye
Type: Un-faceted Round
Size: 04 mm
STR Length: Approx. 16”
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Tiger-Eye
Stone's names: Tiger eye, also spelled tiger's-eye and tiger-eye. Tiger eye is also called crocidolite cat's-eye or African cat's-eye. Color: Tiger eye has rich yellow and golden brown stripes, with a fine golden luster when polished, the color and shading will vary from stone to stone.
Description: Tiger eye is quartz that contains oriented fibers of crocidolite that have been replaced by silica. Tiger eye is displaying chatoyancy (or chatoyance) is an optical reflectance effect seen in certain gemstones a vertical luminescent band like that of a cat's eye. Tiger eye typically has lustrous alternating yellow or brown bands.
The name's origin: Tiger eye with its bands resembles an eye of tiger, so it is received its name due to this similarity.
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