Tigers eye is a popular stone widely used around the world for ornamental purposes.
This variety of quartz is well known for an optical phenomenon known as chatoyance.
Most people are familiar with the brown and yellow variety, but with exposure to heat, black and red tigers eye can also be produced.
Black tigers eye can be chatoyant, but chatoyance is not present in red tigers eye.
In recent years, some concern has arisen regarding the presence of asbestos in the mineral tigers eye.
This
article in our blog discusses asbestos in tigers eye in more detail.
