From the colored circles that appear in the sun to the soap bubbles, to the halo that is like the moonlight, it is an optical effect. These optical effects are reflected in the jewels, adding a mysterious color to the magnificent jewels. The opal is an example.
Quartz cat's eye is a kind of opal. Chinese and foreign mineralogists talk about Shuichang, and it is necessary to mention it.
Quartz cat's eye has many common names, such as cat's eye and cat's eye. It is called Lezi Stone in China's jewelry line, and it is also called Oriental Cat's Eye or Sri Lankan Cat's Eye. Its oldest name is called "lion negative", meaning that it was carried by a lion. This ancient name is related to myths and legends.
According to legend, in a mountain in the south, there is a hard-working and simple mountain people who have a cat at home. One day, the cat died, and he buried it on the hillside. After a few days, he suddenly had a dream. The cat told him that it was alive and asked the owner to dig it out. The next day, the mountain people went to the place where the cat was buried, and found the cat's body rotted. Only two eyes sparkled, like the cat was alive, but very hard. The mountain people felt very strange. At night, the cat gave him a dream, and asked him to swallow one of the dark red eyes, and the other was buried in the north slope of the mountain, so that he could become a fairy. The next day, the mountain people called the neighbors to have a table of banquets and bid farewell to the villagers. I saw that he swallowed the cat's eyes, and there was a cat as big as a lion, and the mountain people went away. From then on, this cat-like stone can be found everywhere in the mountain. The opal is also called the lion. In the East, the opal, such as the quartz cat's eye, is used as a symbol of good luck. People believe that it can protect the health of the owner and protect him from danger. If you have it, you will have a bright future.
Why does the charm of quartz cat eyes come from?
Originally, quartz contained fibrous, tubular, and needle-like inclusions. When these inclusions are arranged in parallel with the crystallographic direction of the gemstone, if it is cut into a convex shape, the inclusions are parallel to the bottom surface, and when the light is irradiated onto the gemstone, the inclusions have a concentrated emission effect on the light. At this time, people can see a bright band of light in the gem. We call it live light. If the gem is turned, the living light will flash, similar to the cat's eyes. As the jewel sways or changes the angle of the light, the light can move flexibly or freely open and close, from narrow or narrow or a bright band into two or three to form a bright band, radiating from the gemstones. The light of wisdom is full of vitality and aura, just like the eyes of a cat in the night. This peculiar optical phenomenon is called the cat's eye effect.
In addition to the quartz cat's eye, the gemstone with the cat's eye effect includes the sea blue cat's eye, the tourmaline cat's eye, the actress cat's eye, the diopside cat's eye, the square column cat's eye, etc., among which the golden green cat's eye is the most precious one, only the gem can be called Opal. In order to distinguish it from other gems with cat's eye effect, the name of the mineral should be added in front of the cat's eye.
Quartz cat's eye, more color, from white to grayish brown, yellowish green, black or light to dark olive green, but the most common is gray. In the quartz cat's eye, there are also some high-end varieties with narrow cat's eyeliner and yellow-brown background. Its feminine beauty can be compared with the opal. However, its preciousness is far less than that of opal, and the price gap is also very large.
Quartz cat eyes can be matched with gold, platinum, etc. The jewelry made is not only noble and elegant, but also has a special taste. A variety of earrings made of it, suitable for evening wear. In the crystal clear and revealing a dazzling brilliance, sometimes sly, sometimes dazzling, under the light, will add a charm to you. The necklace made of quartz cat's eye, with a variety of dresses of corresponding colors, is chic and generous, the color is not monotonous, and it does not lose the style of everyone. When appreciating the ring with the quartz cat's eye, you can hold the ring in your hand and turn it in the sun to observe the changes in the cat's eye. The eyeliner is straight and bright, the color is bright, and the light around the "eye" can reflect a number of light, which is the best product.
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