RED TIGER EYE TUMBLE
RED TIGER EYE TUMBLE
Red Tiger Eye
This fiery Red Tiger Eye Tumble combines the mesmerizing chatoyancy of Tiger Eye with the vitalizing, motivating energy of the red ray — a powerful stone for overcoming lethargy, igniting passion, and taking bold, grounded action toward your goals.
Note: Red Tiger Eye is typically Golden Tiger Eye that has been gently heat-treated to enhance or alter its color to a deeper red-brown tone. This is a widely accepted and disclosed industry practice. Both natural and heat-treated Red Tiger Eye share the same metaphysical properties.
Where It Is Found
Red Tiger Eye is produced primarily from South African Golden Tiger Eye that is heat-treated to achieve the deeper red-brown color. Natural red-toned Tiger Eye also occurs in smaller quantities in South Africa, Australia, and India.
Mineral Class / Geology
Red Tiger Eye is a variety of Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂) in the Tectosilicate mineral class, with a hardness of 6.5–7 on the Mohs scale. Like all Tiger Eye, it forms through pseudomorphism — where Quartz replaces the fibrous mineral Crocidolite while preserving its parallel fibrous structure, creating the distinctive chatoyancy (cat's eye shimmer) Tiger Eye is famous for. The red-brown color is enhanced through gentle heat treatment of the iron oxide within the fibrous structure.
Colors
Red Tiger Eye displays rich, warm bands of deep red, red-brown, and dark brown — all shimmering with the same silky, moving chatoyancy as Golden Tiger Eye. The deeper, warmer tones give it a more intense, fiery appearance compared to the golden variety.
Metaphysical Properties
Red Tiger Eye is known as the Stone of Motivation, Vitality, and Passionate Action. It combines Tiger Eye's grounding, courageous energy with the vitalizing, activating energy of the red ray. It resonates with the Root and Sacral Chakras and is used to overcome lethargy, procrastination, and lack of motivation, ignite passion and enthusiasm for life and goals, boost physical energy and vitality, enhance courage and the drive to take bold action, provide strong grounding and stability, and stimulate the life force energy (chi/prana).