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- defined band of light that moves across the stone when it is rotated. Chatoyant stones of lesser quality display a banded effect as is typical with cat's-eye...
- Tiger's eye (also called tiger eye) is a chatoyant gemstone that is usually a metamorphic rock with a golden to red-brown colour and a silky lustre. As...
- incandescent light An alexandrite ring with diamonds Translucent yellowish chatoyant chrysoberyl is called cymophane or cat's eye. Cymophane has its derivation...
- conchoidal. It has an unusual swirling, fibrous appearance, sometimes chatoyant, and that, along with its intense color, can lead many to believe at first...
- scratches less evident. In asteriated stones such as star sapphires and chatoyant stones such as cat's eye chrysoberyl, a domed cabochon cut can show the...
- Transparent stones of clean color have been faceted, and chatoyant specimens have been cabochon-cut. Chatoyant stones are known as cat's-eye apatite, transparent...
- other being jadeite, a variety of pyroxene). Another gem variety is the chatoyant form known as cat's-eye actinolite. This stone is translucent to opaque...
- m****es that have a "turtleback" pattern. The stellate m****es tend to be chatoyant, meaning they have a varying luster. This chatoyancy can be subtranslucent...
- makes for a green stone and various iron oxides make for a red stone. Chatoyant minerals display luminous bands, which appear to move as the specimen...
- presence of other minerals, sometimes in druse Most often silky and fibrous; chatoyant; can exhibit some coloration The satin spar name has also been applied...