tiger's-eye
Americannoun
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a golden-brown chatoyant stone used for ornament, formed by the alteration of crocidolite, and consisting essentially of quartz colored by iron oxide.
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a glass coating or glaze giving the covered object the appearance of this stone.
noun
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a golden brown silicified variety of crocidolite, used as an ornamental stone
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a glaze resembling this, used on pottery
Etymology
Origin of tiger's-eye
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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Yet I still needed to gather lilies, daisies and roses from the local grocery stores, shower, get into my orange mail-order dress, and put on my tiger’s-eye earrings before I went and got hitched.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2012
By the action of hydrochloric acid the colour of tiger’s-eye may to a large extent be removed, and a greyish cat’s-eye obtained.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
Cat's-eye and tiger's-eye owe their peculiar appearance to the presence, within them, of many fine, parallel, silky fibers.
From A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public by Frank Bertram Wade
The common cat's-eye and the tiger's-eye are varieties of quartz enclosing fibrous minerals or replacing them while still keeping the arrangement that they had.
From A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public by Frank Bertram Wade
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