Blue Tiger Eye History, Meaning, Properties, Benefits & How To Use

The blue tiger eye gemstone is a bluish-green to bluish-grey stone that is made up of microcrystalline quartz, or in other words, chalcedony. But it is different from most of the chalcedonies – the blue tiger eye is gemologically classified as a rock and not a mineral. Blue Tiger Eye is created in nature as a result of pseudomorphosis. What is pseudomorphosis? Well, it is a stone replacing a part of another mineral over a long period of time. When microcrystalline quartz goes through pseudomorphosis, blue tiger eye is created. Basically, in this process, the mineral crocidolite slowly transforms into Hawk’s eye over a long period of time. The Blue Tiger Eye stone had a significant mark in history and looking back on ancient times, it had a variety of uses. While there is not much historical record of this stone as other gemstones (such as opal, turquoise, Citrine, and amethyst), yet it had a special place in various cultures and traditions all around the world. Below are some interesting mentions of the blue tiger eye in history.