Polished tiger’s-eye / iron-rich jasper
Quartz-rich chalcedony with crocidolite pseudomorphs and iron oxides; possibly brecciated jasper
Category
Browse metamorphic rock (formed from a fibrous crocidolite asbestos) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Polished tiger’s-eye / iron-rich jasper
Quartz-rich chalcedony with crocidolite pseudomorphs and iron oxides; possibly brecciated jasper
Tiger's Eye
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Limonite/Goethite inclusions
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
Tiger's Eye
Quartz (SiO2) with fibrous inclusions of Altered Crocidolite
Polished tiger’s-eye-rich ironstone
Tiger’s eye (quartz, SiO₂) with limonite/goethite and iron-oxide bands
Tumbled tiger’s-eye
Quartz variety, SiO₂, with crocidolite-derived fibrous inclusions
Tiger's Eye (Rough)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide / Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite)
Red Tiger's Eye
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) - Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
Chrysotile Asbestos
Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
Tiger’s eye
Quartz-rich chatoyant rock, principally SiO₂, with iron-oxide-rich bands; commonly formed by replacement of crocidolite (asbestos-form amphibole).
Polished banded stone, likely tiger’s-eye
Tiger’s-eye quartz (fibrous chalcedony/quartz, SiO₂), possibly iron-rich quartzite
Green Tiger's Eye
Silicified Crocidolite (Quartz variety, SiO2)
Blue Tiger's Eye
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Crocidolite inclusions
Tumbled tiger’s-eye
Quartz variety, fibrous golden-brown SiO₂ (pseudomorphic quartz after crocidolite)
Polished Tiger’s Eye
Quartz variety, primarily fibrous chalcedony with iron-rich inclusions; SiO₂
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2 with iron oxide inclusions)
Blue Tiger's Eye (Hawk's Eye)
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
Tiger’s-eye
Chatoyant quartz (SiO₂), typically pseudomorphous quartz after crocidolite
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
Tiger's Eye (Rough)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with fibrous crocidolite / Limonite inclusions
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
Lepidolite and Tiger's Eye
K(Li,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(F,OH)2 (Lepidolite) / SiO2 (Quartz/Tiger's Eye)
Tiger’s-eye fragment
Chatoyant quartz, SiO₂, colored by oxidized crocidolite (riebeckite) fibers
Red Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Macrocrystalline Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
Tiger's Eye
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
Polished tiger’s-eye (likely brecciated or iron-stained)
Quartz, SiO₂, with crocidolite pseudomorphs and iron oxides
Serpentine
Antigorite/Chrysotile group (Mg3Si2O5(OH)4)
Blue Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2 with inclusions of asbestiform silicates)
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2)
Tiger's Eye (and Hematite/Jasper Matrix)
SiO2 (Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite) with Hematite/Magnetite
Serpentine
Antigorite/Lizardite/Chrysotile ((Mg,Fe,Ni,Al,Zn,Mn)3(Si,Al,Fe)2O5(OH)4)
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (composed primarily of Serpentine-group minerals: (Mg,Fe,Ni,Al,Zn,Mn)2-3(Si,Al,Fe)2O5(OH)4)
Red Tigers Eye (Bull's Eye)
SiO2
Tumbled tiger’s-eye
Quartz variety, mainly fibrous chalcedony with crocidolite pseudomorphs; SiO₂
Tiger’s-eye heart
Chatoyant quartz (SiO₂), pseudomorphically replacing crocidolite
Serpentine
Serpentinite (Mg, Fe, Ni, Al, Zn, Mn)3(Si, Al, Fe)2O5(OH)4
Tiger’s-eye bead bracelet
Chatoyant quartz, principally quartz (SiO₂) with pseudomorphic fibrous crocidolite/goethite inclusions
Serpentinite
Serpentinite (composed primarily of Serpentine group minerals, e.g., Lizardite, Chrysotile, Antigorite)
Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2 with iron inclusions)