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TIGER IRON EGG

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TIGER IRON EGG

A beautiful shimmery Tiger Iron Egg. Great banding and the trademark chatoyancy of some Tiger Eye in the stone, give this piece a life of its own. Popular with collectors of all ages. Hard to find This quality of colored Tiger Iron. Comes with free Hematite stand for enhanced display.

Note: Tiger Iron is often confused with Tiger Eye. It is called Tiger Iron when hematite is visible in the stone.

Dimensions:
4.8cm x 3.5cm diameter, 102g.

Location:
South Africa.

 

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TIGER IRON EGGTIGER IRON EGG

A beautiful shimmery Tiger Iron Egg.  Great banding and the trademark chatoyancy of some Tiger Eye in the stone, give this piece a life of its own.  Popular with collectors of all ages.  Hard to find This quality of colored Tiger Iron.  Comes with free Hematite stand for enhanced display.

Dimensions:
4.8cm x 3.5cm diameter, 102g.

Location:
South Africa.

Tiger eye is a golden brown, chatoyant, siliceous fiber vein.  Rich in quartz and iron oxides, usually with some Riebeckite.  A more recent theory suggests the veins formed as fibrous quartz crystals with interspersed hematite and Riebeckite fibers, growing rapidly from the surrounding rocks during low grade metamorphism.  Tiger Iron is Tiger Eye with Hematite (Iron) veins running through it and sometime has red Jasper veins too.

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