Tiger's Eye
Tiger's Eye mineral Information
Mineral Origin: Tiger's eye major mineral origin includes Australia, South Africa, Brazil, and China.
Mineral Category: Quartz.
Mineral Group: Silica minerals miscellaneous.
Chemical Formula: Tiger's Eye is composed chiefly of silicon dioxide (SiO2).
Mohs scale hardness: 5.5 to 6.
Crystal System: Hexagonal or Trigonal crystal family.
Colour: Golden, blue and Red-brown, usually with a silky luster.
Tiger's eye stone also called the tiger eye, The name from the chatoyancy, or 'cat’s eye' effect. High-quality Tiger's-eye is of the well-known semi-precious stone materials, and usually given a cabochon cut and beads to best display their chatoyance optical phenomenon.
They are basically a chatoyant gemstone that is usually a silicon dioxide quartz. But unusually, a called crocidolite mineral are laid down in parallel bands within the quartz structure system, when turned under the light, this stone iridescent reflection of light on the surface that looks like a cat's eye.
Tiger's Eye are golden to red-brown color and be provided with a silky luster. Yellow tiger's eye is the most common form of the tiger eye stone Family, with bands of golden to brown reflection a beautiful golden shimmering light.
The related blue-colored mineral hawk's eye gain they're silky, In the case of the hawk’s eye, the crocidolite is not altered before the quartz replacement and retains its original blue color.
It's worth noting that the red tiger's eye is usually developed by gentle heat treatments. The golden tiger's eye is to improve color using the nitric acid treatment for the dark stones. Rose-red, green and blue tiger's eye are artificially colored.
Tiger's Eye Meaning
Tiger's eye crystal meaning is associated with Insight, confidence, and Balance, which your personal power and improves your insights. In addition, Tiger’s Eye beaded bracelets that help the wearer insights and fosters self-confidence.
It's can bring good luck and protection from the evil eye to the wearer while promoting balance and strength to give you the boost of personal power you need to move forward with getting through difficult phases of life.
Tiger's Eye Healing Properties
Tiger's eye is a healing protection stone, may bring luck for the wearer. In some parts of the world, Tiger's eye stone is believed to ward off the evil eye.
It's helpful in endue personal strength and manifesting ideas in times of change. It has the power to focus the mind, promoting mental clarity, assisting us to resolve problems objectively and unclouded by emotions. Particularly useful for healing psychosomatic illnesses, dispelling fear and anxiety.
Tiger's Eye Esoteric Information
Birthstone: Tiger's eye is one of the birthstones listed for the Gemini. also suggested as an anniversary gift for the ninth wedding anniversary.
Chakra Alignment: Tiger's eye is a powerful lower Chakra stone, Tiger's eye of benefits makes for the powerful lower chakra in tiger eye chakra, as tiger eye crystal meaning, very suitable to solar plexus chakras. This stone has balance and harmony imparted, It's can pull extraneous energies down into the lower chakras, promoting physical vitality, energy, and stamina.
Additional forms of Tiger's Eye Information
Although Hawk's eye similar to the tiger's eye quartz, hawk's eye stone still retains the original blue asbestos. Hawk's eye also known a natural blue tiger's eye. In the middle Ages some parts of the world, blue tiger eye was worn as an amulet against witchcraft, demons and the ward off the evil eye. It's a powerful protection stone. Blue tiger's eye is calming and de-stressing, may bring good luck and strength to get through difficult phases of life, makes us less prone to mood fluctuations.
Tiger Iron also called Mugglestone, It's a combination of golden Tiger's Eye, Hematite and Red Jasper. Its name refers to the composition of the Hematite, red jaspe stone and Tiger's Eye, It's a stone rich in iron.
Tiger Eye and Jasper are members of the quartz group with a Mohs scale hardness of 5.5 to 6. Hematite is an iron oxide mineral with a moh's hardness of 5 .5 to 6.5. Tiger Iron is mainly produced in Australia.
