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 tumbled stones from Northern Cape, South Africa, sold by the piece or by the pound. Tiger Eye is quartz that replaced fibrous crocidolite, and those parallel fibers create its silky golden chatoyancy. Each piece runs 0.75-1.25 inches at Mohs 6.5-7, bought directly at the source. A favorite confidence stone for pockets.
Tiger Eye belongs to the Quartz family as a pseudomorph after crocidolite, with a Mohs hardness of 6.5 to 7. Its name comes from the chatoyant cat's-eye effect created by parallel fibers reflecting light.
It has been used as an ornamental stone for centuries, with South African material setting the global standard. Tiger Eye forms through pseudomorphism, where quartz gradually replaces fibrous crocidolite while preserving the original parallel fiber structure.
On the market, you'll see dyed blue and red versions and reconstituted material. Natural Tiger Eye shows silky chatoyancy and warm color shift without artificial uniformity.
Tiger Eye is traditionally associated with confidence, career focus, and protection. Many people work with this stone for steady courage, decision-making clarity, and grounded forward motion.
It's often kept on a desk during demanding work or carried through the day as a reminder to stay rooted in your own authority.
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. Untreated. Northern Cape, South Africa is the primary global source.
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 1.25 inches on its longest side and weighs 5 to 15 grams. About 32 to 64 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 batch 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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