Title: Chatoyant Gemstone: Cat’s Eye Stone - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Description: Chatoyancy basically occurs in those stones that possess the large number of parallel thin inclusions inside the stone also termed as “Silk”. The wave of light when struck these parallel inclusion forms a band of light underneath the stone surface. The band of light will generally appear at right angles to the length of alongside inclusions. These inclusions are aligned toward the crystal axis and these inclusions can be named as hollow tubes, crystal or other linear structure that are present in the stone. The significant crystals like hematite and rutile are well-versed in producing the specimen of cats eye gemstone (Lehsunia). - See more at: – PowerPoint PPT presentation