Gold Tiger's Eye Tumble Stone
Metaphysical Properties:
Gold Tiger’s Eye, with its captivating golden-brown hues and silky, chatoyant luster, is a powerful stone known for its grounding and protective qualities. It is often associated with the Solar Plexus Chakra, which governs personal power, confidence, and willpower. This stone is believed to boost self-esteem, helping its wearer to recognize their inner strength and abilities.
Gold Tiger's Eye is renowned for its ability to bring balance and harmony, both emotionally and mentally. It is said to help release fears and anxieties, replacing them with courage and clarity. This stone is often used for decision-making, as it helps sharpen focus and offers mental clarity, allowing for practical solutions to arise in challenging situations. Many believe that Gold Tiger's Eye can also promote prosperity and good luck, especially in financial matters, making it a popular choice for those seeking success and abundance.
Scientific Properties:
Gold Tiger's Eye is a variety of Tiger's Eye, a type of chatoyant quartz that displays a distinctive "cat's eye" effect due to the parallel fibers of crocidolite (a form of asbestos) within the stone. These fibers are naturally transformed over time through a process of oxidation, which turns the originally blue or grey crocidolite into a rich golden or brown color.
The stunning golden color of Tiger's Eye comes from the interplay of light on the mineral's surface, giving it a unique shimmer that appears to move as the stone is rotated—this is the chatoyancy effect, often likened to the eye of a cat.
With a Mohs hardness of 7, Gold Tiger’s Eye is a durable gemstone that is perfect for use in jewelry, decorative pieces, and tumbled stones. It is found primarily in South Africa, Australia, and other parts of the world, where it forms in metamorphic rocks.