Pietersite was discovered by Sid Pieters in 1962 while he was prospecting some farmland in Namibia, Africa. After his discovery, he registered the find in the mineral records of Britain. His discovery was published in 1964, and the material was named pietersite. Currently there are only two known sources of pietersit: African and Chinese. Pietersite is considered a type of tiger’s eye, having the same properties as tiger’s eye but with different patterns due to its brecciated formation.
