(______gem)
  Hawks Eye is named after the stone,Hawk's Eye. It's a form of quartz and is formed by fibrous inclusions of crocidolite. It has a silky sheen and a somewhat cats-eye effect. It's blue-grey or blue in color and is said to help when traveling by air, focusing your thoughts , and with medidation. It occurs in Sri Lanka, India, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, and the U.S. It has a hardness of 7.0.

 
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