Chatoyant Gemstone: Cat’s Eye Stone

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Chatoyant Gemstone Cats Eye Stone

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The name cats eye is derived from the French
word Chatoyer that means appearance like cats
eye.
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Thus, due to similarity of appearance of this
stone alike cats eye this stone has been termed
as cats eye gemstone (also known as lehsunia in
Hindi).
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The optical phenomena of reflecting a beam of
light beneath the surface of stone are termed as
Chatoyance.
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The cats eye gemstone is an excellent specimen
of Chatoyancy and being high being used in
jewelry items.
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Chatoyancy basically occurs in those stones that
possess the large number of parallel thin
inclusions inside the stone also termed as Silk.
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The band of light will generally appear at right
angles to the length of alongside inclusions.
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The wave of light when struck these parallel
inclusion forms a band of light underneath the
stone surface.
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These inclusions are aligned toward the crystal
axis and these inclusions can be named as hollow
tubes, crystal or other linear structure that are
present in the stone.
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The significant crystals like hematite and rutile
are well-versed in producing the specimen of cats
eye gemstone (Lehsunia).
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