A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Tiger eye |
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| Description | Tiger eye is a pseudomorph of asbestos. It falls in the catagory of a cryptocrystalline (crystals too small to be seen even by a microscope) variety of quartz. These varieties are divided more by character than by color. These different variaties are often used as semi-precious gemstones and for decorative purposes. Tiger's eye has the quality known as chatoyancy, or the appearence of a cat's eye, when cut and polished in the form of a cabochon. |
| Location | USA ▹ California |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2001-06-12. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1576. |
| Key words | tiger eye, chatoyancy, quartz, cabochon, cryptocrystalline |
| Tech details | 535 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 702 |
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