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Chatoyancy - Definition of Chatoyancy at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Chatoyancy. Look it up now! ... Use Chatoyancy in a Sentence...
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Chatoyancy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Comprehensive Inclusions of foreign particles in gems are the main reason of reflection of light and create the phenomenon "chatoyancy". The reflective inclusions of fibrous particles of foreign minerals in gems should be thin, needle-like parallel orientation. ... "Chatoyancy" is a special optical phenomenon,
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Chatoyancy is a result of tiny fibers, or needles, naturally arranged in a parallel configuration. If the gem is cut en cabochon so that the base is parallel to the fibers, when rotated in a single light source, the "eye" slides over the surface of the gem.
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So you don’t have to worry about getting “infected” from chatoyancy. All I’m trying to say is that I won’t be uploading anything for a while. At least I have a nearly-finished draft of my next post, which will be up shortly.
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Chatoyancy in a tiny quartz catseye earring. ... Minerals & Gemstones ... > Gemstone Geology...
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Chatoyancy - Phenomenon of certain cat's eye minerals which causes it to exhibit a concentrated narrow band of reflected light across the center of the mineral. Chatoyancy is usually only seen on polished cabochons.
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- Chatoyancy (cat's eye effect) a silky sheen that results from closely packed parallel fibers or needlelike inclusion, It's surface displays aband of light. As the stone is tured, the narrow beam moves from side to side as does a cat's eye.
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The techincal term for the cat's eye effect is chatoyancy which is translated from the French words "chat" and "oeil" which mean cat and eye respectively. Good quality cat's eye stones have a similar glow and hover effect as the star gemstones mentioned above.
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rdfs:label Rendering gems with asterism or chatoyancy. (xsd:string)
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