CRYSTALS: Tigers Eye

During the past two weeks we have been working with TIGERS EYE crystals in my Oakland Metaphysical Group. Here are some properties of TIGERS EYE:

Tigers Eye is a form of QUARTZ. It is is tough like Quartz: a 6-7 on the Mohs Scale of Hardness. It is hard, unbendable and glass-like.

There is debate on how Tigers Eye has formed:

1. One school of thought says that Tigers Eye starts out as Crocidolite Asbestos (a fibrous blue mineral made of Iron and Sodium). Over time Quartz becomes embedded in the Crocidolite fibers. It absorbs and replaces the Crocidolite, but retains the fiberous shape of the former mineral. Traces of the Crocidolite's Iron remain to give the stone its golden color and is known as Tigers Eye. (If less Iron remains, the stone will be more of the original blue Crocidolite color and this is known as Hawk's Eye.)

2. The other school of thought says that the Crocidolite and Quartz form together at the same time in a sealed, vein-filling formation.

Either way, the fibers of the Tigers Eye are bent and crumpled rather than straight. We can therefore see a brilliant, silky iridescent effect in the stone known as chatoyancy. The more chatoyant the stone, the more valuable to the collector.

In healing, we can use any piece of Tigers Eye, it will have the same metaphysical properties despite its relative beauty:

• Tigers Eye is a great grounding stone (pulls you down to reality)
• Tigers Eye retains the energy of the sun, working to bring this brilliant light energy through your physical body, grounding you to the earth.
• Golden Tigers Eye is great for the Solar Plexus Chakra, bringing emotional wellbeing, confidence and courage.
• Tigers Eye is a great business stone, bringing logical thinking into your dealings, keeping the emotional level balanced.
• Tigers Eye is especially effective for stubborn people, helping to bring a positive and open-minded attitude for those willing to let go of their old habits.

If you are in the area, our Oakland Metaphysical Group meets every Monday from 6:30-7pm, feel free to email me at sheila@idigcrystals.com to join.

To obtain your own Tigers Eye stones or have a jewelry piece custom designed, come to our store in San Francisco: Satin Crystals, 1718a Polk Street, San Francisco, California or visit us online at http://stores.ebay.com/satincrystals.

May you be touched by the light of the sun,

Sheila Satin

www.satincrystals.com

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