Tiger Eye Jewelry

Tiger eye jewelry takes its whole character from one stone, a banded quartz in honey, gold and deep brown that seems to glow from within as it tilts. This collection gathers the pieces set with it: rings, beaded bracelets, necklaces and pendants, plus a pair of cufflinks. Most show the classic golden-brown stone, and a few use its red and blue varieties. Whether a label says tiger eye or tiger's eye jewelry, the stone underneath is the same.

Four ways to wear the stone

On the hand, our tiger eye ring collection covers everything from broad signet-style bands, where an oval stone sits between shoulders decorated with yin yang symbols or sculpted skulls, to lighter rings on open, adjustable bands, among them a six-sided crystal point laid across the finger. The Tree of Life Ring Tiger Eye wraps a round, domed stone in a silver-tone wire tree, and its options offer the same ring in other stones, from amethyst and rose quartz to opal and black onyx. Sizes run from 6 to 14, and our ring size chart shows how to measure a finger at home.

Our tiger eye bracelet collection strings the stone as round, polished beads, often with a single accent at the front. The Tiger Eye Owl Bracelet centers on a silver-tone owl with wide, round eyes, with patterned silver-tone spacers further along the strand, and the Buddhist Tiger Eye Bracelet places a gold-tone Buddha head among deep red beads in its red option. Other designs add a dangling tree of life charm or a heart cut from tiger eye, and some come as stacked pairs of strands.

Strung necklaces follow the same idea. Our tiger eye necklace range is mostly beaded, with strands that run from large round beads knotted one by one on brown cord to mixes of tiger eye with glossy black or metallic gray beads, several of them offered in lengths from 45cm to 60cm. Several end in a pendant: a solid crescent moon bound with a wire tree, a polished teardrop, or an oval stone in a frame lined with small clear stones.

Last of the four, our tiger eye pendant collection holds single pendants in silver-tone settings: a crescent moon packed with tumbled chips beneath a wire tree, a smooth drop hanging below a Star of David, a dolphin curled around one round stone and a little skeleton whose body is another.

Motifs that travel from ring to pendant

Several motifs repeat across our tiger eye jewelry, so a ring, a bracelet and a necklace can share one theme. The tree of life is the most widespread: it is wrapped in wire over a ring stone, a pendant crescent and the pendants of beaded necklaces, and it hangs as a small charm on a bracelet. Owls appear on a ring, where the oval stone becomes the bird's body, and on the Tiger Eye Owl Bracelet. The crescent moon shows up both as a pendant and at the front of a necklace, and skulls flank the stone on a wide ring and cradle it on a pendant.

Cufflinks with a tiger eye face

One piece lives only in this collection. The Tiger Eye Cufflinks set a flat, round disc of tiger eye in each link, framed by a silver-tone rim whose ribbed edge has darkened grooves, so the border reads almost like the milled edge of a coin. A hinged toggle at the back swivels to hold the cuff closed. On a flat face, the banding shows as long, soft streaks of gold and brown rather than one bright line, a quieter look that sits well at a shirt cuff.

The tiger eye stone and its colors

Tiger eye is a variety of quartz. It forms when quartz grows together with fine, parallel fibers of another mineral, and once polished, those fibers bounce light back in a narrow band that moves as the stone turns, the cat's-eye effect called chatoyancy. The classic stone is golden brown. A red-brown form is sold as red tiger eye, and a blue one, often called hawk's eye, turns up on several rings in the collection in deep shades close to navy.

Because those bands form inside the stone, no two pieces are exactly alike. One bead can be nearly black with a single golden streak and the next bright honey all over, which gives a beaded strand its depth and makes every cabochon a little different from its neighbor in the same design.

Broad bands and fine strands

The boldest pieces are the broad men's rings, with large oval or rectangular stones and engraved, openwork or sculpted shoulders. At the lighter end sit slim beaded strands, small adjustable rings, the bracelet with its tiger eye heart and the dolphin pendant. Most designs suit men and women alike, and a number of them list silver and gold tones side by side in their options.

What tiger eye jewelry is said to bring

Tiger eye has gathered a long list of meanings. In crystal traditions it is tied to courage, focus and good fortune, and it is often worn as a protective stone, believed to turn away ill will. Chakra teachings connect it with the lower energy centers of the body, the solar plexus above all. Several designs here lean into that symbolism, pairing the stone with a Buddha head, a yin yang, the chakra colors or a tree of life. Our article on the meaning of a tiger eye stone goes through those beliefs one by one, from the stories told about it in different cultures to the three chakras it is traditionally linked with.

Looking for tigers rather than tiger eye

The stone takes its name from its shimmer, and few of these pieces show the animal. For jewelry built around the tiger itself, such as sculpted tiger head rings, a cut-out tiger face necklace and a Chinese zodiac pendant marked with the Years of the Tiger, our tiger jewelry collection brings it all together, along with earrings and watches.

Common questions about tiger eye

Is tiger eye the only stone in these pieces?

It is the center of the collection, but several designs pair it with other stones, such as glossy black obsidian, and some offer different stones in their options. The Tree of Life Ring Tiger Eye can be ordered in nine color choices, tiger eye among them.

Which pieces are adjustable?

Several rings sit on open bands that adjust to the finger, among them the Tree of Life Ring Tiger Eye and the owl ring, and a number of bracelets are listed in a single adjustable size.

Do the bracelets come in different sizes?

Some do. One beaded design is offered with beads from 4mm to 16mm across, another with 8mm, 10mm or 12mm beads, and the Buddhist Tiger Eye Bracelet comes in two lengths, 17cm and 19cm.