Gemstone type pietersiteavailable measuring 25mm up to 45mm pietersite, Also called eagle was named, S eye in honor of sid pieters who discovered it in 1962 in namibia, Africa. Pietersite is a trade name for a dark blue, Grey breccia aggregate made up mainly of hawk s eye and tigereye. It serves as multiple types of chalcedony itself a variety of quartz with embedded fibers of amphibole minerals in varying degrees of alteration. The fibers cause a blue chatoyancy like that seen in tigereye pietersite is almost always cut into cabochons. This is because, To round cut maximize pietersite, Is requiredIt a tall, S chatoyancy serves as crucial that the cut must be precisely parallel to the length of the pietersite s fibers. Healing propertiesbecause its swirling colors resemble a storm, Pietersite is known as tempest stone. Pietersite is reported to center on the spiritual being with the capability of ground an individual to the etheric body,,The first or lowest layer in the human energy field or aura. Pietersite discharges negative energies and emotional turmoil while cleansing the aura, Restoring it to calm. Pietersite is thought designed for partnering with the body rapidly moving, During meditation into a higher state of awareness. Pietersite is believed serving as a gemstone made of vision and has been created to fit use in a vision quest or shaman journey. According to metaphysical beliefs, Pietersite promotes a concerted activation of the sacral and solar as well, Plexus chakras as the third eye, Creating a powerful increase in the energy of will and in one s intuitive capabilities. Pietersite is an extremely supportive and strengthening stone that increases self, Esteem.