Lot: 4 lbs Polished Tiger's Eye Slabs - 100+ Pieces

This is a wholesale lot of 4 lbs of thin, polished Tiger's Eye slabs. They range for 1 to 3" wide, and are polished on all faces. There appears to be over 100 pieces in the lot though we didn't count them.

About Tiger's Eye

Tiger's eye, or Tiger Eye, is a gorgeous chatoyant gemstone with alternating bands of golden to red-brown color and a silky luster. It has a fascinating and constantly shifting light effect where the gold and brown bands appear to keep reversing as the stone is moved relative to the light source.

Tiger's eye is actually a variety of quartz made chatoyant by subparallel inter-growth with altered amphibole fibers turned into limonite. It is primarily used for ornamental and lapidary purposes. Primary sources of tiger's eye are South Africa, Australia, and China.


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DETAILS
SPECIES
Tiger's eye
LOCATION
Northern Cape Province, South Africa
SIZE
4lbs, 100+ Pieces, 1 to 3" wide, about 1/8" thick
CATEGORY
ITEM
#147320