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Tiger Eye
Tiger’s eye (also called tiger eye) is a chatoyant gemstone that is usually a metamorphic rock with a golden to red-brown color and a silky luster. It is a member of the quartz group and gains its silky, lustrous appearance from the parallel intergrowth of quartz crystals and altered amphibole fibers that have mostly turned […]
Tourmaline
Tourmaline is a crystalline silicate mineral group in which boron is compounded with elements such as aluminum, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium, or potassium. This gemstone comes in a wide variety of colors. Tourmaline is a birthstone for October and is also the gem of the eighth anniversary. Tourmaline has been used for centuries by many […]
Turquoise
Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminum. It is rare and valuable in finer grades and has been prized as a gemstone for millennia due to its unique hue. Turquoise is found in only dry and barren regions on earth. Turquoise has been used for centuries by […]
Unakite
Unakite is a metamorphic rock composed of pink orthoclase, green epidote, and colorless to milky quartz . It is named after the Unaka Mountains in western North Carolina where it was first discovered . Unakite is formed when granite is altered by hydrothermal fluids and plagioclase in the granite is transformed into epidote . Unakite […]
