If you are just visiting and found the information you were looking for please contribute to the running costs by making a donation.	Forums : : Register : : Log In : : Log Out : : Help : : Calendar : : Search
	My Setup : : Member List : : Contact Admin : : Today's Posts

All Forums >> [Bottle Forums] >> Unexpected Discoveries >> Tiger Eye Marble

Page: [1]

Login Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>

Tiger Eye Marble - 1/7/2006 7:58:25 AM    Tandy   Posts: 280 Joined: 6/19/2004 From: Netherby, South Australia Status: offline Can someone tell me if the normal marble sized Tiger Eye marble I dug is likely to be a one - off, or were a lot made, or should I say carved. Tiger Eye is a form of quartz, golden in colour, with asbestos inclusions. It is usually used for making semi precious stones, used in tie clips, cuff links, pendants, etc. Cheers! Tandy _____________________________ Today is the day I will find those goodies just waiting to be found ..... Lots of luck digging! Tandy, Netherby, Adelaide. South Australia. June National http://www.angelfire.com/rock3/rickirving/AHBC.html Post #: 1

RE: Tiger Eye Marble - 1/7/2006 9:48:03 PM    capsoda Posts: 8084 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Hi Tandy, Your Tigers Eye Marble is probably one of a few someone made or had made. Tigers Eye quarts is far to fragile to nock around with glass or agate marbles.I've worked with a lot of it as a jeweler including some glow in the dark {nuked} samples that had to be turned over to the athorities because it was making folks sick. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to Tandy) Post #: 2

RE: Tiger Eye Marble - 1/8/2006 12:03:15 AM    Tandy   Posts: 280 Joined: 6/19/2004 From: Netherby, South Australia Status: offline Thanks, Capsoda, its much appreciated. Its well worth keeping! _____________________________ Today is the day I will find those goodies just waiting to be found ..... Lots of luck digging! Tandy, Netherby, Adelaide. South Australia. June National http://www.angelfire.com/rock3/rickirving/AHBC.html (in reply to Tandy) Post #: 3

RE: Tiger Eye Marble - 1/8/2006 7:00:00 AM    IRISH   Posts: 1238 Joined: 11/23/2002 From: cockatoo Australia Status: offline Hi Rick, That sounds like a great find, Can't say I've every seen anything quite like it. As Warren said, it would be way too fragile for playing marbles with so probably a one-off item. It would be interesting to know where the Tiger Eye came from, there are a few good deposits of it in WA but I don't know of any decent stuff in SA. (in reply to Tandy) Post #: 4

RE: Tiger Eye Marble - 1/8/2006 12:55:24 PM    capsoda Posts: 8084 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Give us a pic, Tandy. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to Tandy) Post #: 5

RE: Tiger Eye Marble - 1/8/2006 7:31:31 PM    Tandy   Posts: 280 Joined: 6/19/2004 From: Netherby, South Australia Status: offline Re the Tiger Eye "marble". I have included a picture including an Australian 5c coin for scale with it. The coin measures 20 mm in diameter, and the "marble" is marginally larger in diameter than the coin. As to the original location of the Tiger Eyer, I doubt it was from South Australia. Cheers, Tandy Attachment (1) _____________________________ Today is the day I will find those goodies just waiting to be found ..... Lots of luck digging! Tandy, Netherby, Adelaide. South Australia. June National http://www.angelfire.com/rock3/rickirving/AHBC.html (in reply to Tandy) Post #: 6

RE: Tiger Eye Marble - 1/8/2006 8:28:33 PM    capsoda Posts: 8084 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Hey Tandy, Most Tigers Eye comes from So. Africa But is mined in several other countries and in Western Austraila. A very unusual and beautiful piece. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to Tandy) Post #: 7

RE: Tiger Eye Marble - 1/9/2006 7:16:53 AM    Python   Posts: 128 Joined: 11/11/2003 From: Alabama Status: offline I used to have one of those. It was a little bigger than that I think. I got mine at a souvenir shop at Desoto Caverns. They sell several different kinds besides Tiger eye. They also sell amythist crystals and other such gem related items. Really kewl though. I lost mine. (in reply to Tandy) Post #: 8

All Forums >> [Bottle Forums] >> Unexpected Discoveries >> Tiger Eye Marble

Page: [1]

New Messages No New Messages Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages

Post New Thread  Reply to Message  Post New Poll  Submit Vote  Delete My Own Post  Delete My Own Thread  Rate Posts