Tiger’s Eye

タイガーアイ

Mohs hardness

7

Mineral group

Quartz

Color

Golden-brown bands

MEANING

Insight & courage

LORE & HISTORY

Fibrous mineral layers replaced by quartz create its banded sheen — the cat’s-eye effect known as chatoyancy.

Meanings and lore reflect widely known traditions and are not claims of effect. Hardness and mineral group are standard mineralogy — About our data