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[olgguy]

I like the natural blue the way it comes. This one is 42.7 x 30.5 x 7.5mm

[peruano]

Olgguy took the words out of my mouth as I was pondering a post.  I bought a couple of small pieces of the Blue Tigereye as grab a handful tumbles at the Kemberly Diamond Mine in South Africa.  When I got home to the USA, I kicked myself for not spending more time and spending a bit more for greatly distinct rocks from S. Africa.  The kimberlite pieces that they gave away at the mine tour, yielded no diamonds for me. 

[olgguy]

As with all good rock, if you don't see a lot around, when you find it, BUY.

[Grayco]

Very Cool Cab! That's a great piece!

[Orrum]

Cabtastic olhuy!!!

[Grayco]

I have some tiger eye here, some with the hematite in it.  I also have a small kiln given to me by my uncle (who is a potter).  I've long thought about heat treating some stones just to see what happens.  Maybe tiger eye is a good place to start.

Heres an example of the yellow tiger eye with hematite that I have (I also have blue and wonder how that would react to heat?)

This is an awesome cab.  There is so much going on in it!  The hematite really adds to it!

[Steve Ramsdell]

Red tiger eye is heat treated.  Most tiger eye is associated with iron deposits.  I've heard the iron is what reacts to the heat.  The blue bands keep their appearance.  The treated stone works just like the untreated.  If I remember they don't really heat the tiger eye much.

[David Myers]

Don't cook this one . . . it's too awesome already!  ;-)