fluorite was shaped into ornamental objects and often mistaken for jade

The result is a natural amorphous glass with conchoidal fracture

PRIMARY BENEFITS: Grounding

Brazilian and Australian deposits supply most commercial hematite lapidary material

which drives out the violet and leaves a stable gold

Tiger Eye Heart size:1.9"L x 2.1"W x 1"T fluorite was shaped into ornamentalA heart cut from a stone that already has its own internal movement. Tiger Eye is quartz that formed by pseudomorphismsilica and iron oxides replacing crocidolite fibers atom by atom while the fiber alignment survived intact. Light striking that alignment focuses into a single travelling band: chatoyancy. The warm golden brown hue is iron oxide woven through the quartz. Mohs hardness 6. 57; durable enough for a carving that will be handled often. Most