**First Time At Auction**

North America, ca. millions of years ago. This is sizable and gorgeous piece of tiger eye stone, that has been excavated and polished on one planar surface to show off the silky graining and parallel crystals that create the chatoyancy, or "cat eye effect." Throughout the matrix are veins and striations of both the golden brown - a result of iron oxidation - and gray-blue formed from asbestos (crocidolite). The darker gray-blue variety of tiger eye is known as hawk's eye, which can be thought of as the parent or previous phase of tiger eye. In this matrix there are large uninterrupted streaks of both blue and the of golden brown due to iron levels which make for a striking presentation! Size: 10" L x 2.5" W x 2.25" H (25.4 cm x 6.4 cm x 5.7 cm)

Provenance: private Hagar collection, Wildwood, Missouri, USA

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#168048

Professionally prepared and cut. Polished on one planar face. Great coloration.