...The cat's-eye is a greenish-gray stone, with a peculiar internal reflection like the glare of a cat. It comes from Ceylon and Malabar ready cut and polished, and is a gem of considerable value. The richly-coloured lapis lazuli, so highly esteemed for costly vases and for inlaid work in ornamental...

...search of Proserpine. Cat's Eye is greenish-gray translucent chalcedony, having a peculiar opalesccnce, or glaring internal reflections, like the eye of a cat, when cut with a spheroidal surface. SILICA. 237 1'he effect is owing to filaments of asbestus. It comes from Ceylon and Malabar, ready...

...yellow groups of raised figures, representing Ceres and Triptolemus in search of Proserpine. Cat's Eye. Greenish-gray translucent chalcedony, having a peculiar...and polished, and is a gem of considerable value. Other hard minerals having similar opalescence are included under the name. Flint, Hornstone, Chert....

...yellow groups of raised figures, representing Ceres and Triptolemus in search of Proserpine. Cat's Eye. Greenish-gray translucent chalcedony, having a peculiar...and polished, and is a gem of considerable value. Other hard minerals having similar opalescence are included under the name. Flint, Hornstone, Chert....

...yellow groups of raised figures, representing Ceres and Triptolemus in search of Proserpine. Cat's Eye. Greenish-gray translucent chalcedony, having a peculiar...and polished, and is a gem of considerable value. Other hard minerals having similar opalescence are included under the name. Flint, Hornstone, Chert....