Tiger Eye Crystal Bracelet Grade A Bead SIze:6mm On charcoal

On charcoal

it was cut into seal-stones and mirrors in the ancient Mediterranean

over geological time silica replaced the fibres while keeping their alignment

This Q1-grade amethyst piece from Uruguay holds a strong

Tiger Eye Crystal Bracelet Grade A Bead SIze:6mm On charcoalTiger eye golden quartz with a band of light that moves as the wrist turns. When it first reached Europe it was priced as a rare gem. From South Africa, strung on elastic cord. It began as another mineral entirely crocidolite, a fibrous blue stone whose fibres were replaced, one for one, by quartz. The fibres remain as structure, and light runs along them: chatoyancy, the cats eye effect no flat colour can give. Priced near gem level in nineteenth