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- In gemology, chatoyancy (/ʃəˈtɔɪ.ənsi/ shə-TOY-ən-see), also called chatoyance or the cat's eye effect, is an optical reflectance effect seen in certain...
- in battle. Gems are usually given a cabochon cut to best display their chatoyance. Red stones are developed by gentle heat treatments. Dark stones are artificially...
- 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...
- caves. Satin spar is sometimes cut into cabochons to best display its chatoyance. Crystal habit refers to the shapes that crystals exhibit. Selenite crystals...
- differentiate between different types of gemstone, due to the unique chatoyance each individual stone displays. A refractometer is the instrument used...
- eye Fibrous gold, red-brown or bluish colored chalcedony, exhibiting chatoyancy. P****lite Green Transparent Rutilated quartz Contains acicular (needle-like)...
- nannovoids, it is both reflected and refracted, producing a multidirectional chatoyance. Trapiche (disambiguation) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Trapiche...
- and the best of them display a shimmering optical effect related to chatoyance known as 'flame structure'.[citation needed] Somewhat similar gastropod...
- (orthoclase and sodium-rich plagioclase). Polished moonstones often display chatoyancy ("cat's eye" effect), where a luminous streak appears through the stone...
- apparently acquired its name due to its resemblance to feathers due to its chatoyancy. Seraphinite is named after the biblical seraphs or seraphim angels. With...