Chatoyancy
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chatoyancy-206-11246733
title:
Chatoyancy
text:
In gemology, chatoyancy, also called chatoyance or the cat's eye effect, is an optical reflectance effect seen in certain gemstones, woods, and carbon fiber. Coined from the French œil de chat, meaning 'cat's eye'. The chatoyant effect is typically characterized by one or more well-defined bands of reflected light, reminiscent of a cat's eye, which appear to glide across the material's surface as the chatoyant object or observer shifts position. Chatoyancy is caused by either the presence of fib
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Optical reflectance effect in materials
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatoyancy
date created:
2003-12-04T17:04:24Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T19:43:54Z
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