1.9" Polished Blue Tiger's Eye Worry Stone

These are 1.9" polished, blue tiger's eye worry stones. The tiger's eye was mined from the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Being that it's a natural stone, there will be some variation in color and patterning from specimen to specimen.

Blue tiger's eye is a variation of tiger's eye in which the internal fibers have iron staining, causing a blue coloration to the stone.

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

Worry stones are smooth, polished stones, usually in the shape of an oval, with a thumb-sized indentation. They are often used by people for relaxation or anxiety relief purposes, the same way as some people use a fidget spinner. Typically, worry stones are 1 1/2 to 2 inches across. They may also be referred to as palm stones, thumb stones, fidget stones, etc.

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