Tiger's Eye and Onyx look-alikes
Tiger's Eye (fibrous chalcedony, a variety of quartz) and Onyx (chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline variety of quartz)
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Open the appSeveral rocks and minerals can be confused with Tiger's Eye and Onyx. Below are documented look-alikes and the features that tell them apart. Never rely on a single feature. Always check multiple properties.
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Hawk's Eye
Fibrous chalcedony (quartz pseudomorph after crocidolite)
Also known as: Blue Tiger's Eye
Cat's Eye Chrysoberyl
Chrysoberyl with fibrous inclusions
Also known as: Cymophane
Agate
Cryptocrystalline quartz
Also known as: Banded Chalcedony
Sardonyx
Cryptocrystalline quartz (variety of onyx with sard and onyx bands)
Also known as: Banded Chalcedony
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