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  2. Chatoyancy - Wikipedia

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    Tiger's eye Tiger's eye. In gemology, chatoyancy (/ ʃ ə ˈ t ɔɪ. ən s i / shə-TOY-ən-see), also called chatoyance or the cat's eye effect, [1] is an optical reflectance effect seen in certain gemstones, woods, and carbon fiber. Coined from the French œil de chat, meaning 'cat's eye'. The chatoyant effect is typically characterized by ...

  3. Chrysoberyl - Wikipedia

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    Cat's eye became significantly more popular by the end of the 19th century when the Duke of Connaught gave a ring with a cat's eye as an engagement token; this was sufficient to make the stone more popular and increase its value greatly. Until that time, cat's eye had predominantly been present in gem and mineral collections.

  4. Tiger's eye - Wikipedia

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    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 members of the quartz group, tiger's eye and the related blue-coloured mineral hawk's eye gain their silky, lustrous appearance from the parallel intergrowth of quartz crystals and altered amphibole fibres that have mostly turned into limonite.

  5. Gemstone Meanings: Power and Significance of the 25 Most ...

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    Citrine “A powerful gemstone crystal in a range of deep yellows, oranges, and yellow-cream-white, the citrine gemstone is said to bring abundance and wealth into one’s life,” Salzer says.

  6. Actinolite - Wikipedia

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    Another gem variety is the chatoyant form known as cat's-eye actinolite. This stone is translucent to opaque, and green to yellowish green color. This variety has had the misnomer jade cat's-eye. Transparent actinolite is rare and is faceted for gem collectors. Major sources for these forms of actinolite are Taiwan and Canada.

  7. Apatite - Wikipedia

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    Chatoyant stones are known as cat's-eye apatite, [3] transparent green stones are known as asparagus stone, [3] and blue stones have been called moroxite. [35] If crystals of rutile have grown in the crystal of apatite, in the right light the cut stone displays a cat's-eye effect. Major sources for gem apatite are [3] Brazil

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