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- Chatoyancy - Wikipedia
Coined from the French œil de chat, meaning cat's eye, the chatoyant effect is typically characterized by one or more well-defined bands of reflected light, reminiscent of a cat's eye, which appear to glide across a gem's surface as the object is moved, or when the observer moves while viewing it
- CHATOYANT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Chatoyant derives from the present participle of chatoyer, a French verb that literally means "to shine like a cat's eyes "
- Chatoyant Gems: The Mystery of Cats-Eye Gems Explained
Excellent specimens of chrysoberyl exhibit the finest chatoyance, and tiger's-eye is the chatoyant gem most widely used in jewelry Chatoyance occurs in stones that contain a large number of very thin parallel inclusions within the stone, known as a "silk "
- CHATOYANT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
CHATOYANT definition: changing in luster or color See examples of chatoyant used in a sentence
- Chatoyant - definition of chatoyant by The Free Dictionary
1 changing in luster or color: chatoyant silk 2 (of a gemstone) reflecting a single streak of light when cut in a cabochon n 3 a chatoyant gemstone, as a cat's-eye
- chatoyant - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
chatoyant (plural chatoyants) (mineralogy) A hard stone, such as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished surface, and in the interior, an undulating or wavy light
- CHATOYANT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
chatoyant in American English (ʃəˈtɔɪənt ) adjective Origin: Fr, prp of chatoyer, to change luster like the eye of a cat < chat, cat
- chatoyant, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English . . .
chatoyant, adj n meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
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