Buy Chatoyant Gemstones: Cats Eye, Star Gems and Simple Chatoyant Gems

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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1.24 ct Green Sphene, 7.7 x 6.6 mm Oval Cut From Sri Lanka

2.89 carat Yellow Citrine, Oval loose Citrine from Brazil, Natural Untreated Gem, 10.7 x 8.7 mm

0.63 ct Loose Yellow Sapphire, 3.4 x 3.5 mm Princess Cut From Tanzania

10.78 carat Ammolite, loose Certified Ammolite from Canada, Natural Gem, 26.4 x 10.8 mm

1.5 carat Green Tourmaline, Oval loose from Mozambique, Natural Untreated Gem, 8 x 6 mm

2.36 carat London Blue Topaz, Round loose Topaz from Brazil, Natural Gem, 8.1 mm

4.65 carat White Zircon, Diamond-Cut loose Zircon from Cambodia, Natural Gems, 6 mm

5.06 carat Swiss Blue Topaz, Marquise-Cut loose Topaz from Brazil, Natural Gems, 9.9 x 5 mm

20.99 ct Blue Green Turquoise, 21.5 x 16.3 mm Oval Cut From the United States

4.11 carat Yellow Citrine, Round loose Citrine from Brazil, Natural Untreated Gem, 10.9 mm

1.13 ct Oval Checkerboard Labradorite, 7.1 x 6.1 mm From Madagascar

4.99 ct Loose Rhomb Cut Smoky Quartz, 21.5 x 9 mm From Brazil

6 ct Green Amazonite, 20.2 x 10.1 mm Marquise Cut From Madagascar

0.33 ct Square Cut Iolite, 4.1 x 4 mm From Madagascar

3.69 ct Round Rutile Quartz, 10.9 mm From India

3.46 carat Round Amethyst, loose Certified Amethyst from Brazil, Natural Untreated Gem, 10.1 mm

3.78 carat Blue Tanzanite, Round loose Tanzanite from Tanzania, Natural Gem, 9 mm

76.37 ct Yellow Star Sapphire, 24.6 x 22 mm Oval Cut From Madagascar

2.59 ct Orange Andesine Labradorite, 10.2 x 8.2 mm Oval Cut From Congo

5.68 carat Cushion Amethyst, loose Certified Amethyst from Brazil, Natural Untreated Gem, 13.3 x 10.8 mm

0.88 ct Loose Red Tourmaline, 5.6 mm Round Cabochon From Mozambique

12.7 ct Baguette Tiger's Eye, 18.2 x 13.2 mm From Thailand

0.68 ct Loose Yellow Sapphire, 4.3 x 4.3 mm Square Cut From Tanzania

0.42 carat Green Sapphire, Emerald-Cut loose Sapphire from Tanzania, Natural Gem, 5.2 x 3.3 mm

6.81 ct Yellow Quartz, 12.2 x 12.1 mm Asscher Cut From Brazil

0.65 carat Orange Spessartite Garnet, Round loose Spessartite Garnet from Mozambique, Natural Untreated Gem, 5.1 mm

8.92 ct Oval Star Moonstone, 15.6 x 10.8 mm From India

1.37 carat Square Pyrope Garnet, loose Certified Pyrope Garnet from Mozambique, Natural Untreated Gems, 5 x 5 mm

2.91 carat Trillion Amethyst, loose Certified Amethyst from Brazil, Natural Untreated Gem, 10 x 10 mm

3.08 ct Purple Kunzite, 8.6 x 7 mm Octagon Cut From Afghanistan

14.9 ct Oval Malachite, 18.1 x 12.9 mm From Congo

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