Tiger Eye Crystal Guide: meaning, origin & properties
For steady courage.
Learn what Tiger Eye is, where ours comes from, traditional associations across cultures, and how to identify a real specimen, in our complete Tiger Eye Crystal Guide.
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These are A-grade Tiger Eye raw stones from the Northern Cape, South Africa, in a smaller 0.75 to 1.50 inch size, sold by the piece or by the pound at 24 to 48 pieces per pound. Tiger eye is quartz that replaced fibrous crocidolite, leaving the silky golden shimmer called chatoyancy. Mohs 6.5-7, hand-finished with jojoba oil, bought directly at the source. The size most people reach for when building grids or wrapping stones.
Tiger eye is gold and brown quartz with a silky shimmer called chatoyancy, caused by parallel fibers that catch light and seem to move as you tilt the stone. On small raw pieces like these the shimmer shows as bright patches on broken faces rather than sweeping across a polished curve.
We bring these raw pieces in from Northern Cape, South Africa. Worth knowing: a lot of the tiger eye on the market is heat-treated to redden it. Ours is not. It is finished with natural jojoba oil, which deepens the gold already there.
Roman soldiers carried tiger eye for bravery in battle.
Tiger eye is traditionally a stone for settling into who you already are, career, and coming back to the task in front of you. It's traditionally linked to the solar plexus and root chakras. If that resonates, keep one in a pocket or set a few in a grid on your desk. Let it become part of your own quiet routine.
These are traditional associations drawn from historical practice. This stone is not a substitute for medical or mental health care.
Offered as a starting point for your own practice.
Tiger Eye sits at 6.5-7 on the Mohs scale, about as hard as glass, so it handles daily use but will scratch against harder stones. Keep chemical cleaners away from it; they can etch the surface.
Natural tiger eye from Northern Cape, South Africa. Neither. Much of the tiger eye on the market is heat-treated to turn it red. These are finished with natural jojoba oil, which deepens the gold already in the stone and adds no color.
You'll receive pieces from the same batch photographed, weighed to the amount you choose. Every piece passes our quality control and meets or exceeds what you see in the photos. Single specimens are listed separately and say so.
Each piece measures 0.75 to 1.5 inches on its longest side and weighs 5 to 20 grams. About 24 to 48 pieces per pound at this size, and each option shows its piece count.
Grades reflect visual quality within a batch. A is standard, with typical inclusions. AA shows stronger color, cleaner surfaces and tighter sizing. AAA is the top 10 to 15 percent of a batch. Every lot is inspected and graded by our team in Rockville, Maryland, not taken on the supplier’s word.
This lot is from Northern Cape, South Africa. It came to us through a direct source, one of the sourcing models we publish and stand behind.
Every lot is inspected and graded by our expert team before it is listed, not taken on the supplier's word. A on this listing means stronger color, cleaner surfaces and tighter sizing than the batch average. Pieces that miss the mark never reach the shop.
How We GradeWe work directly with the mine or workshop, with no intermediaries in between. The relationship is personal, pricing is transparent, and we can speak to each batch. We say what we know and where our tracing stops.
Our Sourcing StandardsEverything we sell is natural in origin: never synthetic, never dyed, never coated. Where a stone has been heated, irradiated or stabilized, which is common in the trade for some species, we say so on the listing. If a piece is not as described, return it within 90 days of delivery.
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