quartz cat’s-eye
gemstone
Also known as: occidental cat’s-eye
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cat’s-eye varieties
- In cat’s-eye
Quartz cat’s-eye, the commonest, owes its chatoyancy and grayish green or greenish colour to parallel fibres of asbestos in the quartz. The two may be distinguished by their specific gravities; chrysoberyl is much denser. Crocidolite cat’s-eye (African cat’s-eye), more commonly known as tigereye (or tiger’s-eye),…
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