I love hunting for gems and minerals whether it is out in the desert or at a site or at a garage sale or a store. I love the cold of the stones when I am wearing real stone jewelry and nothing can beat the weight either. I try to steer clear of any kind of plastic jewelry but once in a while something is just too cute to pass up. One of my favorite minerals is Tiger's Eye.
Tiger's Eye is a pseudomorph of quartz and is formed by silification of crocidolite. I has a silky fibery look to the actual stone and when polished those fibers or the column structure plays with the light giving it a kind of pearly iridescence. The beautiful yellow comes from brown iron.
It can be found in California (unfortunately I have not found any yet myself) and it is also found in Burma, Western Australia and India.
Best of all is the look and feel of Tiger's Eye jewelry. I will sell vintage jewelry but when I find a piece that uses Tiger's Eye I always end up keeping it for myself. Here are some lovely pieces found at Etsy...
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