chatoyant
/ʃəˈtɔɪənt
/adjective
(Of a gem, especially when cut en cabochon) showing a band of bright lustre caused by reflection from inclusions in the stone.Cuts must be exactly parallel to the length of the fibers to get the full chatoyant effect....
- Unlike most chatoyant malachite, this material is hard and doesn't fall apart when worked.
- The future availability of chatoyant demantoid in not known.
Derivatives
chatoyance
- Pieces showing an unusual crystal habit, distinctive pattern, or chatoyance, will have higher values.
- The cause of its chatoyance can be embedded fibers of asbestos, as well as actinolite fibers.
- The chatoyance is so bright in the best examples it makes it very difficult to get good pictures.
chatoyancy
- It is commonly fashioned into cabochons which is a cut that maximizes the chatoyancy of the mineral.
- The enamel has incredible luster and chatoyancy with an overall hue of dark metallic golden bronze.
- They discovered that embedded within the rippling chatoyancy lies a record of the tectonic movements that shaped the Earth.
Origin
Late 18th century: French, present participle of chatoyer 'to shimmer'.
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