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  2. Chatoyancy - Wikipedia

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    In gemology, chatoyancy (/ ʃ É™ ˈ t ɔɪ. É™n s i / shÉ™-TOY-É™n-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 one or more well-defined ...

  3. Pietersite - Wikipedia

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    Originating from Namibia and China, where it is mined for use as a decorative stone due to its chaotic chatoyancy and brecciated structure. Ranging in colour from brownish-red, to blue-grey, and chatoyant yellow. The Chinese variety are predominantly a reddish-brown, with regions of chatoyant blue and yellow.

  4. Asterism (gemology) - Wikipedia

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    Asterism on the surface of a blue star sapphire. A purple-pink star sapphire displaying asterism in a platinum ring.. An asterism (from Ancient Greek á¼€στήρ (astḗr) 'star' and -ism) is a star-shaped concentration of light reflected or refracted from a gemstone.

  5. List of gemstones by species - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of gemstones, organized by species and types. ... Some minerals made into gemstones may display a chatoyancy or cat's eye effect, these include: [1 ...

  6. Moonstone (gemstone) - Wikipedia

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    In more recent history, moonstone became popular during the Art Nouveau period; French goldsmith René Lalique and many others created a large quantity of jewellery using this stone. [5] The moonstone is the Florida State Gemstone; it was designated as such in 1970 to commemorate the Moon landings, which took off from Kennedy Space Center ...

  7. 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.

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