A different kind of cat''s eye

[FinewaterGems]

I was taking some pictures of an andalusite for Colored Stone magazine, and noticed a different kind of cat''s eye in one of the shots...

 

[Barrett]

looks like a snake or a lizards eye..pretty cool

 

[D&T]

very cool looking Gary!

 

[Catmom]

It does look like a snake eye! Cool.

 

[icekid]

Date: 7/29/2009 7:55:58 PM
Author: Catmom
It does look like a snake eye! Cool.

And a little creepy

 

[T L]

cool photo Gary. Thanks for sharing!

 

[packrat]

What a cool looking stone!

 

[chrono]

How does one create such an appearance? Is it inherent to the stone where the cutter is able to bring it out or it is pure cutting that did it? It’s neat how the yellow band accentuates the entire snake eye effect.

 

[FinewaterGems]

It''s a normal stone but this was just a strange combination of reflection and refraction. I took about a dozen pictures with different stone positions, and this is the only that showed this effect. Other cutters have reported strange things that they see in their gemstone photos too.

 

[princessplease]

Wow, what a really pretty stone!! I love it!

 

[Indylady]

Neat!

 

[Nomsdeplume]

That''s cool!

 

[Porridge]

Very cool! More of a large tiger''s eye really!

 

[T L]

Here''s another

http://www.selectgem.com/servlet/the-59/17.87ct-Blue-Topaz/Detail

 

[Liane]

It''s the Eye of Sauron!