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Tiger's eye (also called tiger eye) is a chatoyant gemstone that is usually a metamorphic rock with a golden to red-brown colour and a silky lustre.As members of the quartz group, tiger's eye and the related blue-coloured mineral hawk's eye gain their silky, lustrous appearance from the parallel intergrowth of quartz crystals and altered amphibole fibres that have mostly turned into limonite.
It was first described in Namibia in 1962 [2] and was discovered in Xichuan - in the Henan Province of China - in 1966. [3] Pietersite is often inaccurately described as a brecciated form of tiger's-eye or hawk's-eye, due to the brecciated texture containing chatoyant material. However, while they are similar mineralogically, pietersite is not ...
The Tiger's Eye: A Jungle Fairy Tale is a short story by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz.The story was unpublished in its own era, but has attracted significant attention since its belated publication in 1962.
Researchers discovered three specimens, two males and one female, taking refuge in streambed rock formations within the Dampa Tiger Reserve, a sprawling jungle reserve located in the far eastern ...
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Tycho Brahe (/ ˈ t aɪ k oʊ ˈ b r ɑː (h) i,-ˈ b r ɑː (h ə)/ TY-koh BRAH-(h)ee, - BRAH(-hə), Danish: [ˈtsʰykʰo ˈpʁɑːə] ⓘ; born Tyge Ottesen Brahe, Danish: [ˈtsʰyːjə ˈʌtəsn̩ ˈpʁɑːə]; [note 1] 14 December 1546 – 24 October 1601), generally called Tycho for short, was a Danish astronomer of the Renaissance, known for his comprehensive and unprecedentedly ...
Other bronze artifacts include birds with eagle-like bills, tigers, a large snake, zoomorphic masks, bells, and what appears to be a bronze spoked wheel but is more likely to be decoration from an ancient shield. Apart from bronze, Sanxingdui finds included jade artifacts consistent with earlier neolithic cultures in China, such as cong and zhang.
Bhadai Tharu, pictured, was attacked by a tiger and lost his eye in 2004. He works in tiger conservation, reducing human-animal conflict. - Vijay Bedi/CNN