Cats Eye Quartz. Serenity, peace, perspective, abundance, prosperity, healing, riches and love of nature.
Chalcedony. A translucent quartz, commonly pale blue.
Cherry/Strawberry Quartz. A translucent glass with a deeper coral-pink color.
Cats eye
Chrysoberyl mineral from the Greek 'chrysos' and 'beryllos' meaning a Gold-White Spar. A stone with a distinctive, sweeping band of light across the centre, ranging in colour from green to brownish gold.
Carnelian ...
cats eye, cat's eye 1. (n) an optical effect produced by light running perpendicular to the fibres in a gemstone. The effect is also known as chatoyancy; 2. (n) any gemstone which produces this effect e.g., quartz, moonstone, tigers eye.
Cats Eye - Glass that reflects light in a way reminiscent of a cats eye.
Celluloid - Thermoplastic material that was commonly used in jewelry before the invent of injection molding. Now used to simulate tortoiseshell.
Cats Eye - Chatoyancy is a phenomenon seen in various gems when they are cabochon cut, resulting in a bright single line down the center.
Ceylon Sapphire - These deep royal blue sapphires from Sri Lanka, formally Ceylon, are the finest in the world.
Chatoyancy or Cats Eye in your Gemmologist
Chatoyancy Description
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Chrysoberyl - Cats Eye and Alexandrite
CHRYSOBERYL - An Underrated Gem ...
Tangerine Dream Cats Eye Earrings
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Cat's Eye Beads
Cat's Eye beads are so-called because they reflect a band of light that shifts position as the bead is turned, creating an effect in the bead that looks like a cat's eye.
cymophane, alexandrite, cats eye
Crystallography: orthorhombic
Colors: green/red (alexandrite), greenish or brownish yellow to translucent and chatoyant (cat eye) colorless to brown
Hardness: 8.5
Specific gravity: 3.71 - 3.73 ...
Cats Eye:A cabochon cut gemstone that displays Chatoyancy, a luminous, single line down the center of a gemstone, resembling a cat's eye. Cathedral:A ring setting that utilizes arches to support and showcase a center stone.
cats eye A mineral with dense inclusions of tiny, parallel, slender, fibers that may cause it to exhibit chatoyancy. The most notable cat's eye mineral is Chrysoberyl Cat's Eye, which is known simply as Cat's Eye.
Cats eye and star stones are known; chatoyancy due to oriented, tubular, fluid inclusions.
Heat treatment and irradiation have highly unpredictable affects; very different results for same colored stones from different localities.
Abalone Amethyst Aquamarine Black Diamond Cats Eye Chalcedony Chryophase Citrine Colored Stone Coral Crystal Diamond Diopside Emerald Enamel Garnet Gemstones Gold Jade Kunzite Lacquer Lapis Lapis Lazuli Lavender jade Lemon Quartz Moonstone Morganite ...
Above are some Royal blue Cats Eye Beads.
CELLULOID BEADS
Was one of the first plastics to be used in beadmaking pre-dating Bakelite and Catalin by several decades.
Cat's Eye Glass that reflects light in a way reminiscent of a cats eye. These can be found in many colors. I love the look of the cat's eye and use them in a few pieces-hopefully more to come! ...
On one side and medium light on the other with excellent cats eyes. Various dimensions.
Quartz$ 249.99
Item #QUA793
8.66 ct.
Many corundum gems contain
fine needle like inclusions,
which are similar in structure
to the inclusions in cats eyes or moonstones.
When this occurs, gems that are cut correctly
can display a very strong "star" effect.
These beads are usually made of glass, and are hand-painted, but give the appearance of a precious stone, such as the cats eye shown above. Use 6 of these beads for the Paters to make a truly special rosary.
There are Tourmalines which change their colour when the light changes from daylight to artificial light, and some show the light effect of a cats eye. No two Tourmalines are exactly alike.
Prehnite cats eye occurs. Deposits are found in Australia, China, Scotland, South Africa, and the USA.This mineral can be used to facilitate contact with impalpable entities via the visualization process and through meditation.
 See also: Stone, Eye, Gemstone, Crystal, Jewel
  
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