Tiger Eye 14mm Faceted Star - 15-16 Inch Phillipines Rutilated Quartz is a silicon

Rutilated Quartz is a silicon dioxide mineral with unique needle to like inclusions of Rutile

The end caps are 6mm in diameter

The name comes from the French word for lemon

8mm or 1mm

but its identity is complicated

Tiger Eye 14mm Faceted Star - 15-16 Inch Phillipines Rutilated Quartz is a siliconTiger Eye is a macrocrystalline Quartz stone with bands of rich golds and browns. Its chatoyant layers that create a flash which seems to emanate from within the stone as they catch the light. Tiger Eye has been revered and feared throughout history as an all to seeing, all to knowing eye, as well as a stone of prosperity, protection and good fortune.