Unlike most chatoyant malachite, this material is hard and doesn't fall apart when worked. |
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Cuts must be exactly parallel to the length of the fibers to get the full chatoyant effect. |
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Opaque, asteriated, iridescent, opalescent, or chatoyant stones are usually cut en cabochon. |
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A variety that is often cloudy, opalescent, and chatoyant is known as cymophane. |
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The future availability of chatoyant demantoid in not known. |
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Her character was chatoyant, like a cat's eyes, candid and then suddenly bleached and desolate. |
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Crocidolite is often replaced by quartz, forming the chatoyant semiprecious gems tigereye and hawk's-eye. |
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