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Tiger's Eye

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Description
Locality: 
Prieska Mine, Copperton, Pixley ka Seme District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 7.2 × 3.2 cm
Weight: 
443.00gr
Description

Very nice specimen of Tiger´s Eye. Usually described to be consisting of quartz replacing fibrous riebeckite/crocydolite asbestos with the yellowish and brownish colours being caused by the partial alteration of the riebeckite to limonite. A slab, one side polished specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tiger's Eye

Mixture Of: 

Crocidolite

Hardness: 
0.0

Riebeckite

Formula: 
◻[Na2][Fe2+3Fe3+2]Si8O22(
Strunz: 
9.DE.25
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5

Chalcedony

Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0

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Best regards Roger