Chrysoberyl Cat's Eye

We are distinguished trader and supplier of Chrysoberyl Cat's Eye in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Chrysoberyl Cats-Eye is the astrological gemstone of the Dragon Tail or Ketu Graha as known in Vedic Astrology. Chrysoberyl belongs to the beryl family of minerals and has hardness of 8.5 on the Moh Scale. It has a Specific Gravity of 3.5-3.85 and is biaxial. Chrysoberyl is known as Vaidurya in sanskrit , Lehsunia in Hindi , En Alhit in Arabic and Chrysoberyl or Cymophane in English.Cat- Eye is the effect achieve due to the cabochon cutting of the mineral so that minute microscopic strands run parallel and when light interacts with then a vertical stripe of Light is seen which rotates as the gem is rotated and give is the peculiar cat- eye effect. The gem is always called chrysoberyl and cat-eye is only the effect akin to stars on the star rubies. Chrysoberyl is essentially an aluminate or beryllium and has the chemical formula BeAl2O4. It is available in different shades from yellow , gray , black and green. Each of these colors have different applications as per vedic recommendation of gemstones.Cat-eye effect is also formed with quartz family of minerals and these gems are very cheap and easily available. It is the pale yellow color of chyrsoberyl that represents the color of garlic and thus is kwown as Lehsunia in Hindi , which literally means having the color of garlic clove.