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    The mineral or gemstone chrysoberyl is an aluminate of beryllium with the formula BeAl2O4. The name chrysoberyl is derived from the Greek words χρυσός...
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    by fibrous inclusions and cavities, as seen in cat's eye chrysoberyl. In cat's eye chrysoberyl, the chatoyant effect is caused by the presence of rutile...
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  • Synthetic alexandrite is an artificially grown crystalline variety of chrysoberyl, composed of beryllium aluminum oxide (BeAl2O4). The name is also often...
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    Honey-coloured stones have been used to imitate the more valued cat's eye chrysoberyl, cymophane, but the overall effect is often unconvincing. Artificial...
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  • Chalcopyrite Chambersite Charlesite Charoite Childrenite Chiolite Chondrodite Chrysoberyl Alexandrite (var.) Cymophane Chromite Chrysocolla Chrysotile Cinnabar...
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  • chalcedony and quartz) Alabaster (variety of gypsum) Alexandrite (variety of chrysoberyl) Allingite (synonym of amber) Alum Amazonite (variety of microcline)...
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    August. In an interview with InStyle, Sophia revealed that the gemstone chrysoberyl, popularly known as cat's eye, inspired the group's name. She explained...
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    stones such as star sapphires and chatoyant stones such as cat's eye chrysoberyl, a domed cabochon cut can show the star or eye, which would not be visible...
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    district in the southern Urals, Russia, where it is found with topaz and chrysoberyl in the gold-bearing gravels of the Sanarka (nowadays probably, Sakmara...
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  • tourmaline. Colour change is most commonly found in alexandrite, a variety of chrysoberyl gemstones. Other gems also occur in colour-change varieties, including...
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  • gemstones including Topaz, a silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine Chrysoberyl, an aluminate of beryllium Zircon, a mineral belonging to the group of...
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    high in beryllium include beryl (aquamarine, emerald, red beryl) and chrysoberyl. It is a relatively rare element in the universe, usually occurring as...
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  • 22' Cymophane, sometimes called "cat's eye"; a variety of the mineral chrysoberyl Cat's eye effect, or chatoyancy, the reflective property of certain gems...
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    mica-schists associated with quartz, chrysoberyl, apatite and topaz. It has long been known from the emerald and chrysoberyl mine on the Takovaya stream, near...
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    Colombian emerald, topaz, amazonite from Brazil, spinel, iolite, and chrysoberyl from Sri Lanka, ruby from India, Afghan lapis lazuli, Persian turquoise...
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    gemstones Agate Amazonite Amethyst Aventurine Beryl (red) Carnelian Chrysoberyl Chrysocolla Diamond Diopside Emerald Fluorite Garnet Howlite Jade Jasper...
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    referred to a yellow stone that was not topaz, but probably chrysolite (chrysoberyl or peridot), topaz is likely not meant here. An English superstition...
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    gemstones Agate Amazonite Amethyst Aventurine Beryl (red) Carnelian Chrysoberyl Chrysocolla Diamond Diopside Emerald Fluorite Garnet Howlite Jade Jasper...
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    obscura Cathodoluminescence Caustics Chatoyancy, cat's eye gems such as chrysoberyl cat's eye or aquamarine cat's eye Chromatic polarization Diffraction...
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    is a {110} twin, which produces cyclical twins, such as in aragonite, chrysoberyl, and cerussite. In the monoclinic system, twins occur most often on the...
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    alexandrite simulants. This is because genuine alexandrite is a variety of chrysoberyl: not sapphire, but an entirely different mineral from corundum. Large...
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    orthoclase, topaz, spessartine, pseudobrookite and hematite. Minerals portal Chrysoberyl – Mineral or gemstone of beryllium aluminate List of minerals – List...
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    gemstones Agate Amazonite Amethyst Aventurine Beryl (red) Carnelian Chrysoberyl Chrysocolla Diamond Diopside Emerald Fluorite Garnet Howlite Jade Jasper...
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    chrysoberyl, beryl, and topaz. Even though it was first described in 1945, its discovery was actually in 1944 but it was believed it was chrysoberyl until...
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    classified taaffeite as an intermediate mineral between spinel and chrysoberyl. Unlike spinel, taaffeite displays the property of double refraction...
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    / yellow-green Citrine (very weak): different shades of pale yellow Chrysoberyl (very weak): red-yellow / yellow-green / green Corundum (weak): yellow...
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    deposits varies widely with, among others, corundum (sapphire, ruby), chrysoberyl, beryl, spinel, topaz, zircon, tourmaline, garnet being common. Residual...
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    Sri Lanka is known for producing a variety of gemstones, including chrysoberyl, corundum, garnet, ruby, spinel, and tourmaline, and is the leading producer...
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    gemstones Agate Amazonite Amethyst Aventurine Beryl (red) Carnelian Chrysoberyl Chrysocolla Diamond Diopside Emerald Fluorite Garnet Howlite Jade Jasper...
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  • Cca Chromschieffelinite Csfl Cookeite Ckt Cannonite Cnn Chalcocite Cc Chrysoberyl Cbrl Coombsite Cmb Canosioite Cso Chalcocyanite Ccy Chrysocolla Ccl Cooperite...
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