subject: Introducing You To Unique Handmade Semi-precious Tigers Eye Jewellery [print this page] Tigers Eye is a beautiful natural stone and is one of the favourite semi-precious stone used in the making of handmade semi-precious jewellery. Tigers Eye is not only aesthetical beautiful but it also has many healing powers.
The beautiful natural amber coloured semi-precious Tigers Eye is often used by jewellery designer to create unique pieces of handmade jewellery like bracelets, bangles, earrings, necklaces and pendants. It is a stunning stone with beautiful rich brown and amber colours and is one of the more affordable of the semi-precious gemstones. Stunning Tigers Eye has been said to have the magical properties of protection and is said to protect the wearer from many illnesses and from evil. This is one of the reasons that piece of handmade jewellery that have this natural stone in its design are becoming more popular and are increasingly in demand from discerning customers
This semi-precious stone is not the most expensive of the semi-precious gemstones available but because of its outstanding natural beauty it is very popular with unique jewellery designers. It was given the name of Tigers Eye because of the brown amber colours in the stone and as the name suggests it looks like a tiger"s eye. Most kinds of this natural semi-precious stone contain 3 different colours and these are deep rich brown, red and golden amber. The stone has been formed from a quartz and has a soft silky lustre that when polished is very noticeable. The stone is cut and polished and made into cabochons for rings and earrings, beads for handcrafted necklace jewellery, polished and carved pendants in the use of designing handmade semi-precious jewellery.
Quartz stones are found the world wide and in many regions but if you are looking for gem grade stones these can be harder to find. Tigers Eye is usual found near to deposits of iron bands. These bands of iron are what denote the different colours of the semi-precious stone and shades within the semi-precious stones. If you are looking at handmade jewellery crafted from Tigers Eye with the view to purchase a piece you have to be careful that the stone is genuine and is not a synthetic look alike. The synthetic stones are usually made from plastics and low grade minerals so make sure that you are buying your piece from a reputable jeweller.
The main deposits of this semi-precious stone can be found in South Africa and the most famous of these South African mines is the one that is situated in Griqualand where the grade of the Tigers Eye cannot be surpassed by any other. The stone is also found in other countries like, Canada, China, Brazil, Burma, India, USA and Brazil but the deposits here are much smaller and they do not reach the quality of the South African pieces. As said before this is not the most expensive of semi-precious gemstones and if the semi-precious stone has small flaws in can be purchased very cheaply.
If you want to purchase a piece of semi-precious Tigers Eye jewellery, bangle, bracelet, earrings, pendant, or earrings to be worn on a daily basis then this will help you as these pieces of handmade jewellery will have spiritual qualities. This stunning semi-precious stone can help with focusing the mind and Tigers Eye jewellery is worn to protect you when you are travelling. It is healing for the ill and the weak. It is even been said that it will aid with the relive of inflammatory diseases and high blood pressure.
Today we are able to see unusual jewellery designs where talented designers have used semi-precious Tigers Eye to create handcrafted jewelleryinto many unique and original designs. So you are able to purchase these pieces for their aesthetic qualities and in their own right as a piece of art and also for their healings and spiritual qualities.
