Tiger Eye 7x8mm Faceted Round Nugget A Grade - 15-16 Inch rosy Viking explorers used thin pieces

Viking explorers used thin pieces of Iolite as the world’s first polarizing lens to help them determine the exact location of the sun for navigation

The blue color

At that time yellowish gems were called "topaz" in many parts of the world

The most common include: purple lepidolite

typically of brown or black

Tiger Eye 7x8mm Faceted Round Nugget A Grade - 15-16 Inch rosy Viking explorers used thin piecesTiger Eye is a macrocrystalline Quartz stone with bands of rich golds and browns. Its chatoyant layers that create a flash which seems to emanate from within the stone as they catch the light. Tiger Eye has been revered and feared throughout history as an all to seeing, all to knowing eye, as well as a stone of prosperity, protection and good fortune.