Liberty Tiger Iron Scarf

Tiger iron is composed chiefly of tiger's eye with red jasper and black hematite, and is mined primarily in South Africa and Western Australia.

So what you see here are vertical bands of these three minerals visible only because of high resolution microscopy.

With the undulating, contrasting bands of colour and lustre, Tiger iron is a popular ornamental material. 

However, in some parts of the world, the stone is believed to ward off the evil eye, and Roman soldiers wore engraved tigers’ eye to protect them in battle.

Much more recently, it was stocked by Liberty.