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What type of rock is tigers eye?

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Is a tigers eye rock a sedimentary rock?

No, a tiger's eye rock is not a sedimentary rock. It is a metamorphic rock that forms when minerals replace the original fibers in crocidolite, a blue asbestos mineral.

What is the silicified variety of crocidolite called?

The silicified variety of crocidolite is called tiger's eye. Tiger's eye is a metamorphic rock with a distinctive golden to red-brown color and a chatoyant luster, caused by fibers of crocidolite becoming replaced by quartz during the process of silicification.

Scientists use rock cycle to describe what process?

The rock cycle is how one type of rock can be changed into another type of rock.

Is tiger eye a igneous rock?

No, Tiger Eye is a chatoyant gemstone that is usually a metamorphic rock that is yellow- to red-brown, with a silky luster.

What is the continuous change from one type of rock to another type of rock?

metamorphosis

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Is the tigers eye rock igneous metamorphic or sedimentary?

Tiger's eye (also called Tigers eye or Tiger eye) is a chatoyant gemstone that is usually a metamorphic rock that is yellow, red, and brown, with a silky luster.

Is a tigers eye rock a sedimentary rock?

No, a tiger's eye rock is not a sedimentary rock. It is a metamorphic rock that forms when minerals replace the original fibers in crocidolite, a blue asbestos mineral.

What is a tigers eye rock?

it is a gorgeous 3-D stone with amber and ebony stripes, polished to the finish to look handsome

Is tigers a rock band name?

No,don't have tigers a rock band name.

What is tigers eye?

gem

Does light reflected on the tigers eyes make the tigers eye glow?

no

What is the tigers eye?

It is a kind of mineral.

Is petrified wood tigers eye?

no

What are the Siberian tigers senses?

Tigers have keen earing and excellent eye sight.

What color are tigers' eyes when they are born?

I think that the tigers are born with blue eye and as they grow up their eye colers change most of the time.

How old do you have to be to get into tigers eye in thamesmead?

11

Is tiger eye metamorphic?

If the question was "Is tiger's eye a metamorphic rock?", then the answer is yes.~Pone

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