Celebrate your love with this stunning heart pendant! Measuring 57x30mm, the pendant features a beautiful red tiger eye stone in the shape of a heart. It has been artfully wire-wrapped into a copper frame, which features wire weaving and an ornate bail. The wire has been weaved, wrapped, antiqued and polished by hand for a truly unique handmade piece. It is hung on a complimentary sliding knot cord necklace, which can be adjusted to suit the length of your clothes’ neckline. Or, for a more elegant finish, you can purchase a solid copper ball chain necklace for an extra cost. This natural copper will tarnish over time and can be brought back to a shine with a jewellery cleaning cloth.
Red tiger eye is a variety of quartz that is characterized by its reddish-brown colour and silky luster. It is a member of the chalcedony family and is a type of fibrous quartz. Red tiger eye forms through the alteration of crocidolite, a blue-grey mineral in the asbestos family, by silica-rich solutions. The resulting mineral is compact and has a fibrous structure that gives it a distinctive chatoyancy or cat’s eye effect, where the mineral appears to change colour as it is moved.
Red tiger eye is found in a variety of geological settings, including sedimentary rocks, hydrothermal veins, and in alluvial deposits derived from the weathering and erosion of rocks. The best quality red tiger eye specimens are often found as polished pebbles or as cut and polished gemstones. It is highly prized for its attractive colour and unique optical properties and is used for ornamental and metaphysical purposes.
