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Color:
Honey brown, reddish browns and
bluish brown
Durability:
Excellent
Localities:
Africa predominately, but relatively common throughout the
world
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Tiger-eye
Tiger-eye is a chatoyant (cats' eye effect) variety of microcystalline
quartz, that has replaced the asbestos mineral crocidolite.
The fibrous nature of the replaced crocidolite is what gives
tiger-eye its phenomenal quality. Fortunately, it is quite
abundant, therefore reasonably priced. It has been claimed
that tiger-eye has the ability to improve one's eyesight
and insight; meditating on tiger-eye in sunlight can enable
one to look clearly into the past and the future.
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