Ten tiger's eye beads, round and flattened, faceted cut. Their deep brown is streaked with gold and honey bands that glide across the stone as soon as you turn it between your fingers.

Features:

• Stone: natural tiger's eye
• Shape: flattened round, faceted
• Size: approximately 6 to 6.5 x 6 mm
• Thickness: approximately 3.5 to 4 mm
• Hole: approximately 1 mm
• Quantity: lot of 10 beads
• Color: golden brown, honey highlights

A lot designed for a pair of earrings, a few drops or a central motif on a finer bead necklace. Their slim thickness makes them light to wear in the ear. With an approximately 1 mm hole, head pins, nylon thread or fine cable pass through easily. For a bracelet or a complete necklace, these beads are also offered in a strand of about 38 cm.

A bit of gemology: the effect that made this stone famous has a name, chatoyance, from the word “cat”: a band of light, similar to the slit pupil of a feline, that moves across the surface of the stone. It is born from thousands of parallel quartz fibers, inherited from an ancient crocidolite, which reflect light in a single direction. The quartz gives it its hardness, 6.5 to 7 on the Mohs scale; the iron oxides, its golden brown color. South Africa remains the main producing country.

In lithotherapy: long worn as a talisman, tiger's eye is linked to the solar plexus chakra. It is associated with grounding, courage, and a form of calm vigilance.

100% natural product: size, shape and shade may vary slightly from one bead to another. Dimensions are given for guidance only.