Eye Agate

Basic Knowledge

The Eye Agate is very similar to the Banded Agate. The difference is in the changes in stone color forming an "eye". A Mexican agate, showing only a single eye, has received the name of "cyclops agate."

The Tiger Eye Agate is the most famous of the eye agate types. Both Zeus and Athena of Greek mythology had tiger eyes as representative stones (as well as others). Tiger's eye (also Tigers eye, Tiger eye) is a chatoyant gemstone that is usually yellow- to red-brown, with a silky luster. It is a fibrous silicified crocidolite, a classic example of pseudomorphous replacement. An incompletely silicified blue variant is called Hawk's eye. A member of the quartz group, its physical and optical properties are identical or very near to those of single-crystal quartz.

Tiger iron is an altered rock composed chiefly of tiger's eye, red jasper and black hematite. The undulating, contrasting bands of color and luster make for an attractive motif. Tiger iron is a popular ornamental material used in a variety of applications, from beads and cabochons to knife hilts. Along with tiger's eye it is mined primarily in South Africa and Western Australia.

 

Bardic Knowledge

DC	Things Known
10 -Common	Primitive tribes, human and otherwise, see eye agates as powerful objects, often fearing them.This primal feeling of being watched by unknown powers causes fear and mistrust of those who where them.
20-Uncommon	Agates are soft stones. Though they can hold powerful magic they often 'leak' that magic over time.
30-Obscure	Eye Agates, like all agates, are often used for protection, but they are mostly used for protection of something coming close to the wearer, such as poison, a type of creature or outsider, or enhance abilities such as being able to discern the truth of a statement.
40-Very Obscure	The Dwarves of Burok Torn mistrust Tiger Eye and Eye Agates, since the attack of the Ion Beholders. They understand (probably better than anyone) that they two have nothing in common, and they don't talk about it, but still they hold the mistrust of them when they notice them inside the city.

Rare Uses and Items

Eye of the Desert Lotus

Eyes of the Desert Lotus are pendants created by the sorceress of the Ukrudan Desert. These are very rare and guarded from outsiders fiercely. The pendant has the power to allow the wearer to see the closest Desert Lotus flower. This serves three very important purposes. First off the Desert Lotus is a very strong anti-toxin and counters the comatose state brought on by the White Lotus. The second is a side effect, but very valued purpose. The Desert Lotus only grows in oasis's where it has plenty of sun and water. Since it can only grow by a constant source of water, the wearer of a Desert Lotus pendant is assured to be able to find water as well.

The third purpose or power of these pendants is that the Eye will close or go dark whenever it comes within 60 ft of a White lotus flower. This is important because the white lotus only grows in dark places, out of the sun. These pendants are only truly useful in the Ukrudan Desert and places where the two flowers grow, but they are priceless to the tribesman who live in those lands.

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