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Chrysoberyl
Cat’s eye
HindiLehsuniaAlsoChrysoberyl cat’s eye, Vaidurya
✦One of the Navratna, traditionally associated with Ketu
A chrysoberyl whose fine parallel inclusions gather light into a single bright line, like the eye of a cat. The line glides across the dome as the stone moves.
- Mineral
- Chrysoberyl
- Eye from
- Parallel needle-like inclusions (chatoyancy)
- Hardness
- 8.5 on the Mohs scale
- Known sources
- Sri Lanka, India, Brazil
What to look for
- A sharp, straight eye running through the centre
- A honey or greenish body colour; “milk and honey” under a side light
- Other stones show eyes too; ask which mineral it is
CareDurable. Clean with warm, soapy water.
General guidance about the stone. Each actual stone is described individually, with its own photographs and any laboratory report, when you enquire.
Cat’s eye, to wear.
Ask whether a ring, pendant, stud earrings or a bracelet with cat’s eye is available, in gold, platinum or silver.