Product Description
Dragon Head Tiger-Eye Hand-Carved Stone Carving
This hand-carved Tigers-eye dragon head is 5.5 inches long by 2.5 inches wide and 2 inches tall.
This chatoyant Tigers-eye or Tiger-eye is from South Africa.
Tiger Eye is a quartz usually with rich yellow and brown stripes, but can be red or blue. It contains oriented fibers of crocidolite that have been replaced by silica.
With its strong chatoyance, the gemstone gets its name from its resemblance to the eye of a tiger.
Metaphysical properties: Tiger's Eye is said to enhance integrity, willpower, practicality and correct use of power. It is believed to bring good luck and prosperity, often in the form of money.
The dragon has the fifth position among the Chinese zodiac animals. People born in the year of the Dragon are powerful, kind-hearted, successful, innovative, brave, healthy courageous and enterprising.
The Dragon in China is associated with good fortune and is thought to have power over rain. Dragons and their associations with rain are the source of the Chinese customs of dragon dancing and dragon boat racing.