| Article Description | | | | consider tiger eye a tool for health and well-being. |
| The enduring history and cultural development of | | | | The word chakra is Sanskrit for wheel or disk of |
| tiger eye jewelry dates from ancient times. The | | | | life and signifies one of seven basic energy |
| value and beauty of tiger eye as a semi-precious | | | | centers in the body. The wheel came from the |
| gem stone has made it a staple in personal | | | | chariot that carried the sun across the sky. The |
| jewelry collections world wide. The reasons for | | | | chakras and Kundalini came to be an integral part |
| this long-term popularity are as diverse as they | | | | of yoga philosophy in the 7th century. |
| are fascinating. | | | | The beautiful semi-precious tiger eye gems that |
| | | | we enjoy are most commonly golden brown. |
| What is tiger eye? Where does it come from? | | | | Occasionally, the stone is blue/grey and is then |
| Why is it now a standard foundation in personal | | | | called falcon’s eye or hawk eye. |
| jewelry collections? When did it become so | | | | Red tiger eye is created through heat treatment |
| popular? How did nature create its dazzling | | | | and is also called cherry tiger eye. Most modern |
| beauty? | | | | day tiger eye comes from Australia, China and |
| Tiger eye or tiger’s eye is natural asbestos. | | | | South Africa. It has a hardness of 7.0 on the |
| Asbestos is a metamorphic mineral fiber that is | | | | Moh’s hardness scale. In 1822, Friedrich Moh, a |
| considered part of the family called hydrous | | | | German mineralogist devised a practical way of |
| magnesium silicate. Ancient civilizations recognized | | | | comparing hardness or scratch resistance in |
| asbestos’s resistance to fire. The name is | | | | minerals. The scale is based on a rating of one to |
| derived from its historical use in lamp wicks. | | | | ten, with ten being the highest. One of the |
| Ancient Egyptians used asbestos for burial cloths | | | | reasons for the popularity of tiger eye is its |
| to protect the dead during their journey to the | | | | durability. Buyers should beware of imitation glass |
| afterlife. | | | | or plastic beads called cathaystone which is |
| During volcanic events, the fibrous asbestos is | | | | manufactured and not natural. Visit to access a |
| replaced by iron-bearing quartz called limonite. This | | | | basic resource for quality tiger eye jewelry. |
| is what creates the dazzling golden luminous eye | | | | Regardless of what tiger eye jewelry you wear |
| of the tiger that provides such elegant beauty in | | | | for everyday or a special occasion, you add a |
| tiger eye stone. Ancient Egyptians believed the | | | | special expression of beauty, elegance and |
| beautiful tiger eye would bring good fortune and | | | | sophistication to your life. This expression has |
| protect its bearer. They related this well-being to | | | | developed through a great history and desire for |
| the sun which they worshiped as a god. | | | | cultural and human well-being. |
| To this day, many people who study the chakra | | | | |