Tiger's Eye

Category

Quartz

Crystal Form

Trigonal (Microcrystalline)

Moh's Scale Hardness

6.5–7.0

Specific Gravity

2.56–2.62

Refractive Index

1.53–1.54

Sources

Western Australia, South Africa, USA, Canada, India, Namibia, and Burma.

Tiger's eye comes in diiferent shades of brown, such as brownish yellow, reddish brown, golden yellow, greenish brown in colour. Tiger's eye is a finely fibrous opaque aggregate formed where the iron oxidized and staining the fibrous material of the stone. Tiger's eye has a silky luster, this is because of its fibrous structure reflecting light within the thin parallel fibrous bands of the stone.

Inclusions

Tiny fibrous or rutile needles that caused silky luster in the stone.

Caring

Avoid chemical, because tiger's eye is sensitive to acid.