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Tibetan Handcrafted Beads
Tiger's Eye Bead Strand
Golden Tiger's Eye
Golden brown tiger's eye rounds by the strand, each bead striped and carrying a band of light across the stripes. Beads are turned during grading so the sheen falls consistently.
$7
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About the Stone
Tiger's eye is quartz that replaced an earlier fibrous mineral while keeping its parallel fibre alignment, and light reflecting off that bundle gathers into one moving band. The band always sits at right angles to the fibres, so how the bead was cut from the rough decides how sharp it looks. Colour ranges from honey to dark chocolate brown along a strand.
- Family
Quartz (fibrous, formed by replacement of crocidolite)
- Hardness
7
- Note
Tiger's eye began as crocidolite, a fibrous blue mineral, whose fibres were replaced by quartz while their parallel alignment survived. Light reflecting off that fibre bundle concentrates into a single moving band - chatoyancy - which always runs at right angles to the fibres, so the cutter's orientation decides where it falls.
Product Details
- Stone type
Golden tiger's eye, undyed
- Bead size
8 mm rounds, approx. 48 beads per strand
- Approximate length
38 cm temporary strand
- Finish
Tumbled and polished, 1 mm drill
- Availability
Handmade, ready to ship
- Care
Wipe with a soft cloth. Keep away from strong heat and harsh chemicals.
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