Natural Raw Blue Tiger's Eye Bracelet 10mm | Golden Sand Glass Accent Beads | Buddhist Prayer Beads | Custom Design

Derong Collections Taiwan | Natural, Undyed Blue Tiger's Eye Bracelet 10mm | Hawk's Eye ◎ Accent Beads: Golden Sand Glass Beads ◎ Meet-ups welcome in Taipei City / Custom pairings available ◎ Shipping to Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, and Malaysia available; ships on weekdays for next-day delivery. Also known as Tiger's Eye, this gemstone exhibits a captivating chatoyancy, typically appearing in shades of yellow-brown with silky, fibrous inclusions that create a luminous sheen. Tiger's Eye is a variety of quartz, formed through a pseudomorphic replacement process involving crocidolite fibers and silica. A blue variant, resulting from incomplete silicification, is known as Hawk's Eye. It usually presents with alternating black and yellow hues, reminiscent of a tiger's stripes, and sometimes features blue, yellow, and black interplays, referred to as Blue Cat's Eye. Often called a "noble gemstone," Cat's Eye is frequently associated with spiritual purification. Alongside alexandrite, it is considered one of the world's five most precious and high-grade gemstones. Cat's Eye is primarily found in pneumatolytic hydrothermal deposits and pegmatite veins. Tiger's Eye is a variety of crocidolite. The quartz fibers in Tiger's Eye are shorter and less regularly oriented than those in crocidolite, arranged in random patterns like stripes. The world's largest deposits of Tiger's Eye and crocidolite are located in the Transvaal Province of South Africa, with other sources including Brazil and Henan, China. Its price is also determined by its quality, with flawless surfaces, clear and centered eye-lines being indicative of superior specimens. Derong Collections Encyclopedia - Tiger's Eye Dyeing and Baking Issues: Tiger's Eye holds secrets, with baked coloration being a common concern. For instance, Tiger's Eye naturally occurs in only two colors: yellow and blue. What about red or green Tiger's Eye? These are created by heating yellow Tiger's Eye to alter its color, involving either high-temperature treatment or natural high-temperature color change. Yellow Tiger's Eye is abundant and less prone to artificial coloration. Lastly, blue Tiger's Eye typically appears dark without light, sometimes showing no blue streaks, but reveals a watery blue hue under illumination, which is not its natural color. All these color alteration methods can be tested by soaking in alcohol to determine authenticity.