vance71975
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Post by vance71975 on Sept 23, 2022 20:45:00 GMT -5
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 23, 2022 20:50:49 GMT -5
Those are dyed and quite possibly fiber optic. If they are dyed, I would be suspicious of them bleeding very badly. Tiger eye doesn't come in purple. There is gold and heat treated red and blue.
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vance71975
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Post by vance71975 on Sept 23, 2022 20:56:29 GMT -5
Those are dyed and quite possibly fiber optic. If they are dyed, I would be suspicious of them bleeding very badly. Tiger eye doesn't come in purple. There is gold and heat treated red and blue. So even the Red and blue dont occur in nature, the are only the result of heat treating? I am a total noob at rocks so treat me like i know nothing at all and educate me please!
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Post by rmf on Sept 23, 2022 20:59:26 GMT -5
If you heat Blue you get gold tigereye. If you heat gold tigereye you get red. There is natural Blue, Red and gold tigereye. Even though most red is heated.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Sept 23, 2022 21:01:38 GMT -5
Those are dyed and quite possibly fiber optic. If they are dyed, I would be suspicious of them bleeding very badly. Tiger eye doesn't come in purple. There is gold and heat treated red and blue. So even the Red and blue dont occur in nature, the are only the result of heat treating? I am a total noob at rocks so treat me like i know nothing at all and educate me please! The blue (hawks eye) is natural and the red can be. Blue tigers eye eventually turns into the gold naturally. To get the red it has to be heated. It can occur in nature via a wild fire or the like.
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vance71975
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Post by vance71975 on Sept 23, 2022 21:12:57 GMT -5
Awesome thank you so much guys. I thought the purple seemed sketchy but I didnt want to say anything till I asked here.
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Oct 1, 2022 19:27:14 GMT -5
Read the reviews. Does not even look like it is real tiger's eye. Probably dyed quartz
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Post by gemfeller on Oct 2, 2022 1:58:16 GMT -5
If you heat Blue you get gold tigereye. If you heat gold tigereye you get red. There is natural Blue, Red and gold tigereye. Even though most red is heated. In my early ramblings I also encountered natural green. It was in a multicolor piece featuring gold, red, pink and green, with gold predominating. It was in a rock shop in Wyoming and I haven't seen any since.
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dirtsifter
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Post by dirtsifter on Oct 8, 2022 22:36:55 GMT -5
One can learn a lot of things here. It's good it's written down so I can remember it. LOL
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