Bear Arizona Tiger Eye or Pietersite Gemstone Rock

This beautiful hand carved Arizona Pieterisite gemstone bear figurine is 5.1 inches long by .9 inches wide and 3.7 inches tall.

It does have the small natural flaw on its front leg, left side.

This rare semiprecious stone material is known as "Arizona Pietersite" because of its superb chatoyant cat's eye effect. It has a lightening gold flash when light hits certain areas of it!

It has also been called Arizona Tiger's Eye.

This semi precious gemstone material is not the same as the original Pietersite found in Africa, or the different material also known as Pietersite found in China.

This lapidary material is actually Serpentine and comes in several varieties-from gold to root beer to silver flash, and from green to brown Serpentine.

The bear is the symbol of maternal protection, as well as strength, courage, power and honor. A bear fetish is believed to lighten emotional burdens. Many civilizations have myths regarding bears, from the Greeks and the Celts to the Ainu of northern Japan and the tribes of North America.

This is carved in the shape of the traditional Zuni fetish bear, but it was not carved by a Zuni artist.