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In the world of gemstones, phenomenal gems are some of the most unique and highly sought-after of all. When it comes to chatoyancy, there are several different forms, including cat's eye and asterism chatoyancy, as well as simply chatoyancy. Cat's eye and asterism (star) chatoyancy is a phenomenon known to occur in a handful of different gem types. High-quality, especially chrysoberyl, can exhibit a 'milk and honey' effect, which can be seen when moving a light side-to-side of the gem, concentrating it laterally, which results in one side appearing dark and the other light. Some rare stones may even exhibit 'split eyes' or 'split stars' when exposed to two different direct light sources. As two lights shift, a single eye splits into two, each following one of the lights resembling an opening and closing eye effect. This remarkable phenomenon can also occur with quartz, tourmaline, apatite, beryl, sillimanite, sapphire, garnet, ruby, diopside and moonstone.

Simple chatoyancy is not as pronounced as cat's eye or star chatoyancy, but is equally as beautiful and striking. Simple chatoyancy is also the result of parallel microscopic needle-like inclusions. Simple chatoyancy appears as multiple reflections of small silky and thread-like streaks of light. With only slight adjustments to its viewing angle, simple chatoyancy can cause a stone to change from light to dark and back to light again. Gems such as tiger's eye, hawk's eye, pietersite, seraphinite, as well as charoite are the some of the best-known gems that possess simple chatoyancy.

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1.91 ct Round Tiger's Eye, 7.6 mm From Thailand

12.31 ct Round Quartz Cat's Eye, 10.9 mm From India

1.46 ct Oval Sillimanite Cat's Eye, 7.7 x 4.4 mm From Madagascar

48.7 ct Round Tiger's Eye Matrix, 28.4 mm From Mexico

4.23 ct Trillion Pietersite, 13.5 x 12.8 mm From Namibia

1.31 ct Oval Sillimanite Cat's Eye, 5.9 x 5.5 mm From Madagascar

2.29 ct Round Cat's Eye Scapolite, 7.9 mm From Madagascar

2.73 ct Oval Tiger's Eye, 8 x 6 mm From Thailand

28.81 ct Oval Pietersite, 30 x 22.1 mm From Namibia

18.59 ct Baguette Tiger's Eye, 19.6 x 14.6 mm From Thailand

2.45 ct Pear Tiger's Eye, 9.7 x 9.5 mm From Thailand

579.55 ct Oval Star Rose Quartz, 57 x 45.8 mm From South Africa

10.5 ct Oval Tiger's Eye, 18.3 x 13.5 mm From India

4.67 ct Oval Star Moonstone, 12.8 x 8.2 mm From India

18.22 ct Oval Seraphinite, 16 x 11.9 mm From Russia

1.47 ct Oval Sillimanite Cat's Eye, 7.7 x 5.5 mm From Madagascar

6.95 ct Oval Star Moonstone, 14.5 x 11.5 mm From India

2.62 ct Oval Tiger's Eye, 10 x 7.8 mm From Thailand

20.73 ct Oval Tiger's Eye, 24.8 x 16.6 mm From Thailand

37.13 ct Cushion Charoite, 35 x 16.9 mm From Russia

6.17 ct Oval Quartz Cat's Eye, 11.9 x 9.9 mm From Sri Lanka

4.18 ct Blue Star Sapphire, 7.2 x 5.2 mm Oval Cut From Thailand

26.59 ct Oval Star Garnet, 19 x 12.9 mm From India

9.59 ct Oval Tiger's Eye, 18.2 x 13.4 mm From India

0.41 ct Oval Chrysoberyl Cat's Eye, 3.3 x 3.1 mm From Sri Lanka

9.58 ct Oval Star Ruby, 12.7 x 10.4 mm From Madagascar

1.14 ct Oval Sillimanite Cat's Eye, 7.1 x 5.1 mm From Madagascar

1.89 ct Baguette Star Diopside, 7.1 x 5 mm From India

10.36 ct Round Pietersite, 14.1 mm From Namibia

5.92 ct Oval Tiger's Eye, 10.2 x 8.1 mm From Thailand

5.97 ct Black Star Sapphire, 11 x 8.8 mm Oval Cut From Thailand

4.51 ct Trillion Pietersite, 14.4 x 12.7 mm From Namibia

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