Tigers Eye
UNB-2017-0109Rocks » Minerals
Description
Tiger Eye (SiO2) is the lustrous yellow to brown parallel fibres variety of Quartz. Lustre is vitreous or greasy and streak is white. Hardness is 7. Quartz usually occurs as short or long prismatic crystals that are terminated by double rhombohedrons with striations crosswise. Quartz can also be granular, massive or disseminated.
*Missing.
Specifications
| Object name | Tigers Eye |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2017-0109 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Rock |
| Classification | Rock group: Minerals |
| Composition | Quartz |
| Origin | South Africa |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- Chesterman, C.W. 1979. Audubon Society, Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals. Knopf.