Presentation:

Names) :

• Bull's eye (variety of quartz).

Etymology: 

• Based on color and appearance.

Group, Family: 

• Quartz family (Microcrystalline/Cryptocrystalline).

Color : 

• The color comes from the (natural) heat treatment of the tiger's eye: Red-magenta-brown to Red-brown | Silky, Shimmering Reflections.

Chandelier: 

• Glassy.

Origin : 

• Eye of the Tiger: South Africa, Australia, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Austria, etc.

Crystal system: 

• Trigonal/Hexagonal (Rhombohedral).

Chemical composition : 

• SiO2 | Coloring/Effect: Different postulates: Fibrous structure resulting from the pseudomorphosis of quartz after crocidolite altered by iron oxides AND coloring following heat treatment | Fibrous structure resulting from the formation of elongated silica crystals which would have formed in fractures opening and closing several times during formation.

Transparency: 

• Opaque.

Density : 

• 2.58 to 2.66.

Hardness : 

• 7.

Cleavage: 

• Null.

Breakage: 

• Irregular.

Line color: 

• White.

Shock resistance: 

• Good.

Heat resistance: 

• Good.

Properties and virtues:

The bull's eye being a tiger's eye heated naturally in the magmatic center of the earth, it is appropriate to add all the virtues linked to it in order to have a complete range of its virtues.

Physical virtues:

• Stone of physical and psychological flexibility.
• Relieves back stiffness.
• Useful for all back and joint problems, beneficial for athletes.
• Helps to relax without making us lose our tone.
• It will be particularly recommended for athletes, because it will strengthen the entire structure of the body from the base and provide the energy necessary to sustain physical effort until the end of its objective. Keeps small problems away.

Psychological, emotional and mental virtues:

• Stone of physical and psychological flexibility.
• Helps soften our internal rigidities and to make us more flexible.
• Provides courage and strength and helps us overcome life's obstacles.

Spiritual virtues:

• Considered by Native Americans as a guardian stone of the earth.
• It is said to protect the possessions of its wearer.

Chakras:

• Root chakra, 1st Ch.

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