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Tiger Eye Gemstone Beads
Gemstone beads can be mixed with precious metal beads or other materials, and lots of different shades can be mixed to create contrasting colors. Widely contrasting colors, clarity and textures add interest to beaded jewellry.
What is Tiger Eye?Tiger eye, also known as tiger-eye, is a very popular gemstone that displays a chatoyancy (cat eye) when a polished stone is moved back and forth in incident light. It is a quartz gemstone, usually amber to brown in color that forms when fibers of the mineral crocidolite are replaced by silica. This structure of parallel fibers is preserved in the stone and the chatoyant crosses the parallel fibers at right angles. The best specimens of tiger eye are usually cut en cabochon in an orientation that yields the best display of chatoyancy.
Tiger Eye Gemstones:
Tiger eye gemstones are very popular stones. They are one of the most common stones used in jewelry making. It is also frequently cut into beads for use in necklaces and earrings. Tiger eye gemstones are used in necklaces, earrings, pendants and many other jewelry items. Stones with a light honey color are especially popular.
Bracelets out of Tiger Eye Gemstone Beads
People like the tiger eye gemstone beads because they look like the eyes of tigers which are said to be full of wisdom and courage. They are mainly made into the shapes of plants, round, abacus and so on.• Plants• Round• Abacus• Oval• Flat round
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Flower shaped tiger eye gemstone beads
More About Tiger's Eye:Most tiger eye used as a gemstone is brown in color. A similar material with a gray-blue color is known as eye. Red, blue and green tiger eye is often sold as finished stones. These colored stones are usually dyed.