Fakebusters: Tiger Eye

Lets have the first fakebusters of the new year!

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This, rather cringingly, is a downright dreadful fake. This is what happens when you take perfectly good, normal tiger eye and dye it an artificial colour. Tiger eye is not pink.

 

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Nor is it this particular tone of blue.

 

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Nor is it this tone of green.​

I think you get the gist. All of these have been artificially enhanced by dye, making them a fake. These were all sold as natural colours on a popular auction website. 

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These are all the "natural" colours of tiger eye, however they are often heat enhanced.