Identification & Physical Properties of Cats Eye Gemstone

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Identification Physical Properties of Cats
Eye Gemstone
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Cat's Eye or Lehsuniya is a gemstone
for Ketu. Ketu is also a half-planet
that bestows discrimination,
wisdom, powers of and spiritual
knowledge, the knowledge of the self.
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Identification of Cats Eye Gemstone
A genuine cat eye stone is hard and it won't
break when it is rubbed against a hard
substance. To see if a cat's eye is genuine or
fake, you can rub it against an unbending
substance.
If a real cats eye gemstone is put in a dark
place, it shines like the eyes of a cat and if
rubbed against cloth, its brilliance increases.
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Physical Properties of Cats Eye Stone
Color The quality of this gem is judged by the
display of chatoyancy effect. A cats-eye (
Chatoyancy) is the band of light that runs
lengthwise from one end of the stone to the
other. Cat's Eyes color ranges from a golden
honey to mint green.
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Cut The gem should be cut in a dome-like
oval or round shape, also known as
cut (not faceted, just plain
cabochon
polished dome ) and polished to display its
chatoyancy.
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Carat The commonly used size of the gem in the
market is between 0.10ct and 3.00cts. However,
gems up to 150 carats in weight are also known
to exist. Large gems are rare and are of higher
value.
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Clarity The gem of nature has a milky
appearance and transparent gems are almost never
found.
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