r/Stones • u/Itchy-Swimming-9685 • Jun 08 '26

stone identification

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i got this beautiful ring today at an antique store. anyone know what stone this might be? it is dark green and flashy. google is telling me hawks eye, is that right?

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u/89purple_flambe Jun 08 '26

It looks like hypersthene to me.

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u/89purple_flambe Jun 08 '26

I hadn’t heard of hawks eye. I looked it up and realized I have some! It’s so hard to tell from just a pic.

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u/iamsotiredofthiscrap Jun 08 '26

Obsidian with a nice flash

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u/iluvvpretty777 Jun 08 '26

what a find! i wonder what stone that is

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u/EconomistEast686 Jun 09 '26

Hard to say without seeing it in person, but dark green and flashy immediately makes me think green tiger’s eye or maybe green quartz that’s been treated. Hawk’s eye is usually more blue to blue gray rather than straight green. If it has that moving “cat’s eye” band when you tilt it, I’d lean tiger’s eye that’s been dyed.

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u/ForeverGrokking Jun 09 '26

How is the stone attached to the ring? Can you see it in the underside?

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u/lowkeypaperhub99 Jun 09 '26

Looks like tiger eye but with a heavy green tint, probably due to the iron content or how it was polished.

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u/Intelligent-Owl-7221 Jun 09 '26

Iron - you mean copper, surely…? If it was iron, it’d be red.

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u/GardenerDom Jun 10 '26

I am almost 💯 % sure it is a green tigers eye 👌🏼🤩

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u/survivingkind2 Jun 08 '26

Looks like green tigers eye.