Tiger’s Eye
is a magnificent looking gemstone with changeable silky luster, called Chatoyancy.
Chatoyancy arises from the stringy structure of the tiger's eye quartz.
Tiger's eye
is found in Australia, South Africa, Namibia, Burma, Canada, India and the
United States. By far the largest deposits are quarried in the southern part of
Africa.
A very unique
kind of tiger’s eye is called Marra Mamba and is considered very rare. Another
name for Marra Mamba is Australian tiger’s eye because it is only found in this
country. The location is the Pilbara region in the North West of Australia: An
area twice as big as the United Kingdom with the same amount of inhabitans as the
town of Royal Leamington Spa, in Warwickshire.
The Marra
Mamba is recognizable of its multiple color lusters. Unlike regular tiger’s eye
it contains patterns of blue, red, yellow and green in one stone. It is hardly
impossible to buy (original) Marra Mamba nowadays because the two deposits near
Mount Brockman are mined out.
The Dalai
Lama regularly wears a mala of Tiger Eye beads. The Dalai Lama is the most
important spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism since 1578. Tiger’s Eye is a
stone of strength, courage and power. It is also known for bringing luck and
giving confidence and a positive attitude.
Red Tiger’s
eye is known as “Dragon’s Eye or Bull’s Eye” and blue Tiger’s Eye is known as “hawk’s
Eye or Falcon’s Eye.
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