Guest guest Posted November 11, 2002 Report Share Posted November 11, 2002 Dear stone friends, > I was in a shop today and they were selling Silver Tiger's Eye. Did we ever solve this mystery? I tried to read through all of the posts in this thread before posting to see if it had been solved, but may have missed a couple. It sounds like what you have is a cat's eye tremolite. In fact, I'm nearly sure that it's the material that is coming from Brazil. It does bear some resemblance to tiger eye and I can see how someone could mistake it as such. It has the fibrous nature that produces the chatoyant effect found on tiger eye, but it's color is very different... light to dark grey with the " eye " effect. I adopted a few pieces of this over a year ago and just love it. The fibrous look is due to the inclusions if asbestos, so the " mechanism " for the " eye " effect is similar to cat's eye even if the base chemistry is different. I believe I posted a fairly lenghty write up about this on my list. Let me dig through the archives and see what I can find. I'll forward it if I can locate it. Hope this is useful. This is a beautiful stone spirit. I'm glad you're able to enjoy it.... Fabeku Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2002 Report Share Posted December 13, 2002 Hi all Following my previous posts regarding Silver Tiger's Eye - for which I have still not determined exactly what it is ... I was given lots of suggestions to what it might be, but never quite found anything that quite matched what I have. I have now added them to the Photo's section, under folder named Angelstar. reiki & crystal blessings Hazel _______________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2002 Report Share Posted December 13, 2002 Hazel- > I have now added them to the Photo's section, under folder named Angelstar. > I replied to your message some time ago and after looking at the photo, I'm certain that the ID I offered was correct. My reply to you can be found here: /message/3778 With love for all, Fabeku Caretaker, Crystal_Spirit crystal_spirit/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2002 Report Share Posted December 13, 2002 Thank you Fabeku >>> " Awo Osundiya Fabeku Fatunmise <baba " I replied to your message some time ago and after looking at the photo, I'm certain that the ID I offered was correct. My reply to you can be found here: /message/3778>>>>>>>> The cat's eye ID certainly seems to be the one that fits best from all the options I was offered. And by coincidence, my friend saw cat's eye, which were a similar colour, in her local shop. And when she described the stone she'd seen, the two descriptions matched. Now, I know what I have, I can start working with it more ... one of the pieces I have kept for myself ... but the other two are just shouting out to be used as a piece of jewellery. in frith reiki & crystal blessings Hazel _______________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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