chatoyancy
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- Description
- Optimal presentation of effect
- Varieties of chatoyant materials
- Cat's eye terminology
- In woodworking
- Measurement
- See also
- References
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In gemology, chatoyancy ( ), also called chatoyance or the '''cat's eye effect''', is an optical reflectance effect seen in certain gemstones. (Historically, the term has applied specifically to gems; in woods and other materials the effect is more broadly known as "figure" or iridescence.)
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