Red Tiger Eye Jewelry: Popularly Known As Dragon’s Eye

Popularly known as Dragon’s Eye, Red Tiger Eye jewelry received its name because of its luminescent stripes resembling the tiger’s stripes. Although it’s not rare, it is believed to be a newly discovered gem. The red tiger eye forms when the quartz stone is replaced by crocidolite (which is a blue form of asbestos). As this process happens, iron is oxidized, transforming into limonite. We can say that the red tiger eye is nothing but limonite ingrained inside a clear quartz.Red Tiger Eye is associated with the tectosilicate mineral family, which is a semi-precious type of quartz having vertical luminescent bands.