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English: Cymophane is popularly known as cat's eye and like most stones the color changes some depending on the light source and the eye actually looks sharpest with very low lighting. With rotation, the color changes and the milk and honey effect is best under low or incandescent light. The two colors are yellow and light olive. In fluorescent light the color boundaries are less apparent. The eye is straight and sharp viewed horizontally and also straight when viewed vertically with the light source directly above
Date 2 March 2007 (original upload date)
Source Photographed by David Weinberg for Alexandrite.net and released to the public domain from Alexandrite.net contributors. Cat's eye, 6.1 cts. In Alexandrite.net, Tsarstone collectors guide. December 07, 2006, 16:42 UTC. Available at: http://www.alexandrite.net/viewpage.html?id=ALX-001-00045. Accessed March 02, 2007.
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