tiger's-eye

American  

[tahy-gerz-ahy] / ˈtaɪ gərzˌaɪ /

noun

1. a golden-brown chatoyant stone used for ornament, formed by the alteration of crocidolite, and consisting essentially of quartz colored by iron oxide.

2. a glass coating or glaze giving the covered object the appearance of this stone.

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tiger's-eye British  

/ ˈtaɪɡərˌaɪ, ˈtaɪɡəzˌaɪ /

noun

1. a golden brown silicified variety of crocidolite, used as an ornamental stone

2. a glaze resembling this, used on pottery

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Etymology

Origin of tiger's-eye

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

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

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 Wade, Frank Bertram

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 Wade, Frank Bertram

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