Healing Properties of Tiger Eye

Key words: Balance between extremes, discernment, vitality, strength, practicality, fairness

Chakras: Solar plexus, sacral, base

Crystal Descriptions:

Tiger Eye is a solar stone of vitality, practicality and physical action.  It helps to create harmony and balance between extreme view points or dualities, and is helpful in conflict or mediation. Tiger Eye helps us to take effective action in response to the needs and challenges of physical life. It is thought to be a blood fortifier, and to assist in bringing biochemistry and hormones into balance.

Geological Description:

Tiger Eye is a stone member of the Quartz family, a silicon dioxide mineral with a hardness of 7. It is formed from Hawks Eye through pseudomorphism of Crocidolite in Quartz.  Tiger Eye is found in South Africa, India, Burma, Western Australia and the USA.