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TIGER'S EYE

Tiger's Eye is a brown quartz silicon dioxide with lustrous yellow and brown parallel fibers. The yellow-gold colors are due to iron oxides. Tiger's Eye has the property of chatoyancy, which means that it glitters with a small ray of light on the surface, much like the eyes of a cat. There largest deposits of tiger's eye are in South Africa, Australia, Burma, India and the United States.

This common form of quartz has been popular in jewelry making for years. It comes in various shades of light or dark brown and has fibrous inclusions that add a luminosity to the stone. If the stone is cut properly, it resembles a females cat's eye.

Tiger's Eye has the grounding energy of the earth, but is embellished with a glowing warmth, the influence of the yellow/gold highlights of the fibrous inclusions.

This is a stone for people who need more confidence to accomplish their goals. Tiger's Eye helps us recognize the resources within ourselves and use those resources for the attainment of our dreams. It helps us judge a situation and determine how best to approach it.

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