chatoyant








adjective

  1. changing in luster or color: chatoyant silk.
  2. Jewelry. reflecting a single streak of light when cut in a cabochon.

noun

  1. Jewelry. a cabochon-cut gemstone having this reflected streak, as a chrysoberyl cat’s-eye.

adjective

  1. having changeable lustre; twinkling
  2. (of a gem, esp a cabochon) displaying a band of light reflected off inclusions of other minerals

noun

  1. a gemstone with a changeable lustre, such as a cat’s eye
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