Hawk’s Eye

Mineralogical characteristics

Hawk’s eye is a bluish-grey variety of tiger’s eye. It is a variety of quartz that displays the "chatoyance" effect, vertical bands with reflections reminiscent of a cat’s eye. This effect is produced by the orientation of the fibrous crocidolite inclusions it contains.

The bluish-grey color of hawk’s eye is due to the fact that quartz replaced crocidolite before it had transformed into iron oxide, so the mineral retains the bluish-grey color of the original asbestos.

Therapeutic properties

Hawk’s eye is considered a calming and vigorous stone. It encourages vision and intuition and helps ground energies. It is often used in meditation to connect with inner wisdom and also to energize the body.