- tigereye
- or tiger's-eye noun Date: 1888 a usually yellowish to brown chatoyant stone that consists of silicified crocidolite and is much used for ornament
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tigereye — /tuy geuhr uy /, n. tiger s eye. * * * or tiger s eye Semiprecious quartz gem displaying chatoyancy, a vertical luminescent band like that of a cat s eye. Bands of parallel, blue asbestos (crocidolite) fibres are first altered to iron oxides and… … Universalium
tigereye — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) 1. also tiger s eye ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷plural tiger s eyes : a usually yellow brown chatoyant stone that is much used for ornament and is a silicified crocidolite in which the fibers embedded in quartz are changed to oxide of… … Useful english dictionary
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tigereye — ti•ger•eye [[t]ˈtaɪ gərˌaɪ[/t]] n. tiger s eye … From formal English to slang
tigereye — /ˈtaɪgəraɪ/ (say tuyguhruy) noun 1. a golden brown chatoyant stone used for ornament, formed by the alteration of crocidolite, and consisting essentially of quartz coloured by iron oxide. 2. a glaze on pottery, etc., giving the appearance of this …
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