Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
metamorphic
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Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of quartz after crocidolite (SiO2)
metamorphic
Tiger's Eye (Rough)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide / Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite)
Mineral / Metamorphic
Bornite (Peacock Ore)
Bornite (Cu5FeS4)
mineral
Blue Tiger's Eye (Hawks Eye)
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
metamorphic
Tiger's Eye (specifically Blue Tiger's Eye / Falcon's Eye)
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
metamorphic
Tiger's Eye (Polished Point/Tower)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) with included crocidolite fibers
Mineral (Metamorphic pseudomorph)
Tiger's Eye (variations include Blue or Hawk's Eye)
Silicon Dioxide with Crocidolite inclusions (SiO2)
Metamorphic mineral
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
metamorphic
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
metamorphic
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
metamorphic
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2 with iron inclusions)
metamorphic
Green Tiger's Eye
Silicified Crocidolite (Quartz variety, SiO2)
metamorphic
Limonite Pseudomorph after Pyrite
Goethite/Limonite FeO(OH)·nH2O replacing Pyrite FeS2
mineral
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
gemstone
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
metamorphic
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Quartz / Chalcedony: SiO2)
metamorphic
Tiger's Eye / Hawk's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
mineral
Tiger's Eye (Rough)
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
mineral
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
metamorphic
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2 with Iron Oxide inclusions)
metamorphic
Tiger's Eye
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with Iron Oxide inclusions)
Mineral (Metamorphic pseudomorph)
Blue Tiger's Eye (Hawk's Eye)
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
metamorphic
Tiger's Eye (Unpolished)
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
metamorphic
Tiger's Eye (likely variant or dark tumble)
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
metamorphic
Tiger's Eye
Silicon dioxide with crocidolite fibers (SiO2 with chrysotile amphibole inclusions)
Mineral
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2 with Iron Oxide inclusions)
metamorphic
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
metamorphic
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
metamorphic
Tiger's Eye and Carnelian Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
metamorphic and mineral
Tiger's Eye (Rough)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with fibrous crocidolite / Limonite inclusions
Mineral (Metamorphic pseudomorph)
Tiger's Eye
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with fibrous inclusions of crocidolite (riebeckite)
Mineral
Agatized Petrified Wood
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony pseudomorph after Wood
metamorphic
Ferrochrome Slag
Anthropogenic silicate/oxide glass (Complex silicate matrix with Cr-Fe-Si inclusions)
Industrial byproduct (often confused with igneous rocks or meteorites)
Tiger's Eye (commonly referred to as Blue/Gold Tiger's Eye)
Tiger's Eye is a variety of Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline quartz), SiO2, exhibiting chatoyancy. The blue variety is often called Hawk's Eye.
Metamorphic Rock (formed from a fibrous crocidolite asbestos)
Goldstone (with Tiger's Eye and Quartz)
Aventurine glass (Synthetic SiO2 with Cu inclusions)
mineral
Tiger's Iron
Pseudomorphic Quartz Aggregate (contains SiO2 with Fe2O3 and FeOOH)
metamorphic
Blue Tiger's Eye
Crocidolite in Quartz (altered)
Mineral
Red Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2 with Fe2O3 inclusions)
metamorphic
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
metamorphic
Tiger's Eye
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with fibrous inclusions of crocidolite (riebeckite) that have been altered to limonite and then replaced by quartz
Mineral
Tiger's Eye (Rough)
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2 with FeOOH inclusions)
metamorphic