Cat's Eye Jewelry

THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CAT’S EYE PROTECTIVE STONE:

First of all, the cat's eye protection stone improves your night vision. This can be a significant advantage if you work in a dark place or if you have to return home late, for example. With better night vision you can anticipate and avoid dangers. She can also help you if you have vision problems.

It protects you from the evil eye and improves your aura. Your intuition becomes stronger and you are more clairvoyant. This stone is ideal if your profession is intellectual or artistic. It promotes creativity and courage. This protective stone adapts to all types of profiles; there are no contraindications depending on your personality.
Cat's eye will bring you energy, it is recommended for athletes, especially in cases of intense effort. The atmosphere will be more relaxing if you wear a cat's eye stone or place one in your home. She brings happiness, serenity and luck to those around her. Its magical properties are numerous and beneficial.

You can purchase a cat's eye stone as a pendant, for example, to wear throughout the day, or leave it in your home so that it shines on the inhabitants of your home. It is important to think about purifying and recharging it. Once a week, place it under cold water for about 1 minute, then put it in the sun for a day to recharge. Like all protective stones, it is recommended to use it on a daily basis to see the benefits of its benefits on your life and that of your family.

Cat's Eye Gemstones

Among gemstones that display special optical phenomena, cat's eye gemstones are particularly interesting, in part because the effect is found in so many different gemstone varieties. The technical term for the cat's eye effect is chatoyance, derived from the French for cat's eyes ("Cat's Eye").

The shimmering effect looks, as it should, like a cat's slit eye. The effect is caused by the reflection of light from parallel fibers, needles or channels in the stone. Generally, the gem must be cut into a cabochon with the base parallel to the fibers for this effect to be displayed. When the jewel is rotated, the cat's eye appears to slide across the surface. The shimmer effect is similar to the asterism or star effect, except there is one straight ray instead of four or six. From time to time we will find the cat's eye with two parallel rays.

The most famous and valuable cat's eye gem is cat's eye chrysoberyl. In fact, when the term cat's eye is used on its own in the gemstone trade, it always refers to cat's eye chrysoberyl. All other types of cat's eye gemstones require an additional varietal designation, such as cat's eye apatite.

Chrysoberyl cat's eye belongs to the same family as the rare alexandrite. As chrysoberyl is a very hard stone (8.5 on the Mohs scale), it is suitable for all kinds of jewelry. Cat's Eye Chrysoberyl is found in Sri Lanka and Brazil, with additional deposits in India, China and Zimbabwe.

The Cat's Eye Effect is found in a number of other varieties of gemstones, although in some cases the effect is quite rare. Among fine gemstones, cat's eye tourmalines can often be found in green and pink, and larger sizes are not uncommon. With a hardness of 7 to 7.5 on the Mohs scale, cat's eye tourmaline is durable enough to make rings.

Several varieties of quartz are well known for their shimmering effects. The most famous is the one called tiger's eye. Found in yellow gold and brown gold, it is first formed as the fibrous blue mineral called crocidolite, which is composed of iron and sodium. Crocidolite was gradually transformed into quartz while maintaining its fibrous formations.

Among softer gemstones, the cat's eye effect is often found in the apatite gemstone, in a golden color somewhat reminiscent of chrysoberyl. It can also be found in colorless, pink, yellow, green, blue and purple. But with a hardness of only 5 on the Mohs scale, cat's eye apatite is best suited for making pendants, brooches and earrings.

The cat's eye effect can also be seen in a number of other gemstone varieties, but only very rarely. They include emerald, iolite (also known as cordierite), aquamarine, andalusite, tanzanite and scapolite. These are actual collectibles if you can find them.