Tiger Iron

Commonly Found-  South Africa, Western Australia

 

Common Colors-  Mixtures of gold, yellow, black, red and others

 

Hardness- 4.5 - 7 depending on the layer of the stone

 

Special Care-  Carving Tiger Iron can be very difficult due to the

different layers with different hardness's.

 

Mystical Healing Properties-  Tiger Iron is believed to increase stamina

and to provide protection to the wearer.  Tiger iron is also believed to

reflect (rather than absorb) negative energies.  Seeing that tiger iron is

actually a combination of several stones a single piece of tiger iron may

have more or less of the various healing properties of tigers eye, jasper,

and hematite and in some cases others.

 

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