Yellow Tiger’s Eye Mala Necklace

Description

A yellow tiger’s eye mala offers 108 beads of warm, shifting stone, each polished to bring the chatoyant band to the surface. The hand moves through the count, bead by bead. The light shifts with every angle. The attention follows.

Tiger’s Eye has been worked across South and Southeast Asia for centuries, prized by Tibetan and Indian lapidaries for chatoyancy: the silky optical band that travels across the stone as the viewing angle shifts. The stone forms when crocidolite fibers within quartz are replaced over geological time by iron oxide, producing the mineral’s characteristic gold and amber banding. The mala format, 108 counting beads with a guru bead at center, originates in early Buddhist and Hindu practice across the Indian subcontinent.

One hundred and eight beads, each approximately 8mm in diameter, are knotted individually on a cotton cord with a larger guru bead and tassel finish at center. The yellow Tiger’s Eye used here runs a warm amber-gold, each bead distinct in the density and movement of its chatoyant band. The necklace measures approximately 90cm laid flat, long enough to drape as a double loop or wear as a single strand. Weight registers in the hand: substantial without heaviness, the kind that holds attention during a full sitting.

108-bead mala necklace in natural yellow Tiger’s Eye. Bead diameter approximately 8mm. Total necklace length approximately 90cm. Individually knotted on cotton cord. Includes guru bead and tassel. Handcrafted in Nepal. Traditional Buddhist mala format.

One hundred and eight stones, one continuous thread. Yellow Tiger’s Eye selected for chatoyancy, not surface uniformity. A mala built to last a practice.