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P.O. Box 824
Salida, CO 81201
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Cat's Eye Gems
All Gems Available as of 9/2/10
6541 Chrysoberyl CE,
Md Yellowish Brown, 1.14 cts oval cabochon measuring 6.6x4.8x3.6
mm, eye clean, from Brazil. This is a very fine, honey color chrysoberyl
cat’s eye with a strong eye on a transparent body.
Priced at $200/carat or $228.00/gem |
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16551 Feldspar CE,
Dk Reddish Brown,, 4.24 cts oval cabochon measuring 9.9x7.9x6.5
mm, translucent, from Tanzania. A rare gem that displays a strong
cat’s eye. These gems are durable enough for setting in jewelry.
Priced at $10/carat or $42.40/gem |
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4168 Fibrolite CE,
Colorless, 1.44 cts round cabochon measuring 5.9x5.7x4.6 mm, lt
incl, from India. This specie of cat’s eye gem displays one
of the strongest cat’s eyes we see in the gem world. This
gem is an inexpensive example of a fibrolite cat’s eye.
Priced at $20/carat or $28.80/gem |
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3989 Moonstone CE,
Colorless w/ Bluish White Eye, 6.91 cts oval cabochon measuring
14.8x7.9x8.1 mm, eye clean, from Sri Lanka. A transparent moonstone
that displays a
broad, bluish white cat’s eye.
Priced at $10/carat or $69.10/gem |
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6576 Rutile CE,
V Dk Reddish Brown, 1.79 cts oval cabochon measuring 8.1x5.7x3.3
mm, lt incl, from Sri Lanka. A rare cat’s eye gem that displays
an orange cat’s eye on a metallic body.
Priced at $60/carat or $107.40/gem |
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11945 Tourmaline CE,
Md Yellowish Green/Pink, 1.06 cts oval cabochon measuring 7.4x5.7x3.0
mm, v lt incl, from Madagascar. A slight, bicolor tourmaline cabochon
that displays a very strong cat’s eye.
Priced at $25/carat or $26.50/gem |
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9372 Zircon CE,
Dk Green, 5.25 cts oval cabochon measuring 11.3x7.8x5.0 mm, v lt
incl, from Sri Lanka. This gem is a natural green zircon that displays
a broad cat’s eye.
Priced at $40/carat or $210.00/gem
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Gallery of Additional Available
Cat's Eye Gems
20% Discount on all gems in this section until further notice!
11009 Actinolite CE,
Md Grayish Green, 1.83 cts oval cabochon measuring 8.2x6.2x4.0 mm,
hv incl, from Sri Lanka. This gem displays an unusually strong cat’s
eye for actinolite.
Priced at $50/carat or $91.50/gem |
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16622 Apatite CE,
Md Brownish Yellow, 10.86 cts oval cabochon measuring 14.4x12.0x7.8
mm, lt incl, from Madagascar. This is a very fine, transparent apatite
cat’s eye displaying a very strong and well centered cat’s
eye.
Priced at $25/carat or $271.50/gem |
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13062 Apatite CE,
Md Orangish Brown, 7.30 cts oval cabochon measuring 12.6x9.8x7.0 mm,
translucent, from Tanzania. An inexpensive, honey color, cat’s
eye gem.
Priced at $10/carat or $73.00/gem |
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9065
Apatite CE,
Md Greenish Yellow,
2.50 cts oval cabochon measuring 7.9x6.7x5.0 mm, v lt incl, from
Brazil. This gem resembles a very fine chrysoberyl cat’s eye
with a semi-transparent body and a strong, well centered cat’s
eye.
Priced at $30/carat or $75.00/gem |
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15680 Apatite
CE,
Md Yellowish Brown, 6.15 cts oval cabochon measuring
10.1x8.3x8.5 mm, v lt incl, from Tanzania. This gem has the look of
a much more
expensive chrysoberyl cat’s eye.
Priced at $10/carat or $61.50/gem |
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7707 Chrysoberyl
CE,
Lt Greenish Yellow, 5.90 cts oval cabochon measuring
9.5x8.5x7.7 mm, v lt incl, from Tanzania. A very fine chrysoberyl
cat’s eye with a very strong eye and even body color.
Priced at $350/carat or $2,065.00/gem
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7706 Chrysoberyl CE,
Lt Grayish Yellow, 6.16 cts oval cabochon measuring 10.2x8.4x7.3 mm,
eye clean, from Tanzania. An exceptional chrysoberyl cat’s eye
with a very strong eye on a grayish yellow body. This gem would make
an excellent center stone in a man’s ring.
Priced at $400/carat or $2,464.00/gem |
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7954 Chrysoberyl CE,
Md Greenish Yellow, 2.50 cts oval cabochon measuring 7.8x6.4x5.3 mm,
v lt incl, from Brazil. A very fine, transparent chrysoberyl cabochon
that displays a strong, silver cat’s eye. Priced at
$150/carat or $375.00/gem |
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15347 Chrysoberyl CE (2),
Md Dk Brownish Yellow, 2.71 cts round cabochons measuring ~6.2x3.7
mm, lt incl, from Sri Lanka. An unusual matching pair of chrysoberyl
cat’s eyes.
Priced at $100/carat or $271.00/pair of gems |
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15649 Chrysoberyl CE,
Md Yellowish Brown, 1.17 cts oval cabochon measuring 6.1x5.4x4.2 mm,
translucent, from Sri Lanka. A honey color chrysoberyl cat’s
eye with a strong blue eye.
Priced at $100/carat or $117.00/gem |
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12939 Chrysoberyl CE,
Lt Yellow, 0.81 cts round cabochon measuring 4.8x3.3 mm,
translucent, from India. An inexpensive round chrysoberyl cat’s
eye with a very strong silver eye.
Priced at $70/carat or $56.70/gem |
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14130 Chrysoberyl CE,
Md Brownish Yellow, 3.19 cts oval cabochon measuring 7.9x7.3x6.1 mm,
v lt incl, from Sri Lanka. A fine chrysoberyl cat’s eye with
a well centered, sharp silver cat’s eye.
Priced at $500/carat or $1,595.00/gem |
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15943 Chrysoberyl CE,
Md Yellow, 1.15 cts oval cabochon measuring 5.9x4.4x4.2 mm, v lt incl,
from Sri Lanka. A transparent chrysoberyl cat’s eye with a strong,
silver cat’s eye on a yellow body.
Priced at $80/carat or $92.00/gem |
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15944 Chrysoberyl CE,
Md Brownish Yellow, 0.86 cts oval cabochon measuring 5,5x4,5x3,2 mm,
eye clean, from Sri Lanka. A top quality chrysoberyl cat’s eye
that displays excellent clarity and a very strong eye. Priced
at $70/carat or $60.20/gem |
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14955 Cordierite CE,
Lt Gray, 10.52 cts round cabochon measuring 12.9x12.7x10.3 mm, lt
incl, from Sri Lanka. Cordierite is the mineral name for iolite. This
gem does not display the violetish blue hue of iolite but it does
display a broad, strong cat’s eye. We
have seen fewer than a dozen of these gems in our history.
Priced at $40/carat or $420.80/gem |
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16551 Feldspar CE,
Dk Reddish Brown, 10.61 cts oval cabochon measuring 15.0x12.6x7.1
mm, translucent, from Tanzania. A gem from one of several deposits
in Tanzania that are producing cat’s eye feldspars. This gem
is a dark reddish brown displaying a strong, well centered cat’s
eye.
Priced at $15/carat or $159.15/gem |
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16552 Feldspar CE,
Md Dk Yellowish Brown, 11.80 cts oval cabochon measuring 14.0x12.7x9.3
mm, translucent, from Tanzania. This gem is cut from the same rough
as hematite sunstone found in Tanzania. It does, however, display
a strong and well
centered cats eye.
Priced at $6/carat or $70.80/gem |
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5491 Fibrolite CE,
Md Gray w/ Pink, 2.70 cts oval cabochon measuring 9.3x7.1x4.7 mm,
v lt incl, from India. A transparent, gray fibrolite cat’s eye
that displays a light pink eye.
Priced at $15/carat or $40.50/gem |
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15082 Iolite CE,
Md Reddish Violet, 3.61 cts oval cabochon measuring 10.3x8.0x6.0 mm,
mod incl, from India. An iolite cabochon that is moderately included
with hematite
platelets that give the gem its reddish overtone and also forms the
cat’s eye.
Priced at $15/carat or $54.15/gem |
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16372 Iolite CE,
Md Dk Reddish Brown, 5.82 cts round cabochon measuring 11.8x6.4 mm,
mod incl, from India. This is one of the finer “blood shot”
iolite cat’s eyes we have
seen. The cat’s eye is strong and well centered. The color of
the gem is caused by the moderate amount of hematite inclusions which
also form the eye.
Priced at $30/carat or $174.60/gem |
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13189 Kornerupine CE,
V Dk Green, 2.56 cts oval cabochon measuring 7.9x6.7x5.8 mm, lt incl,
from Sri Lanka. A kornerupine cat’s eye with a strong, well
centered eye.
Priced at $25/carat or $64.00/gem |
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16616 Kyanite CE,
Md Dk Blue, 8.64 cts round cabochon measuring 12.1x11.8x5.8 mm, mod
incl, from Brazil. We selected this gem from a lot of four that we
saw in Tucson. This is only the second cat’s eye kyanite we
have seen. The cat’s eye is strong and well deserving of a place
in a collection of cat’s eye gems.
Priced at $50/carat or $432.00/gem |
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6385 Opal CE,
Md Brown, 1.74 cts round cabochon measuring 8.3x5.0 mm, opaque, from
Brazil. This Brazilian cat’s eye opal is similar to those that
were found in Tanzania during the late 1990’s. This gem came
from a parcel we acquired long before the Tanzanian discovery and
is the last remaining Brazilian cat’s eye opal we have in stock.
Priced at $25/carat or $43.50/gem |
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6882 Opal CE,
Md Brown, 2.49 cts round cabochon measuring 10.0x9.9x4.7 mm, translucent,
from Tanzania. An opal cabochon that displays a strong cat’s
eye on a body
that can best be described as appearing similar to coffee with cream.
Priced at $25/carat or $62.25/gem |
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9384 Phenacite CE,
Colorless, 24.41 cts round cabochon measuring 17.6x9.9 mm, eye clean,
from Sri Lanka. A very fine, transparent phenacite cat’s eye
with an even rarer
double eye caused by twinning.
Priced at $70/carat or $1,708.70/gem |
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9631 Rutile CE,
Dk Metallic Red, 2.05 cts roundish cabochon measuring 6.6x6.0x4.2
mm, opaque, from Sri Lanka. A dark metallic cabochon that displays
a sharp, reddish orange cat’s eye.
Priced at $90/carat or $184.50/gem |
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16379 Rutile CE,
Dk Metallic Gray, 1.29 cts round cabochon measuring 6.3x6.1x3.0
mm, opaque, from Sri Lanka. The first rutile cat’s eye we have
offered in quite awhile. The eye is thin and strong.
Priced at $125/carat or $161.25/gem |
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14297 Scapolite CE,
Md Dk Purple, 5.81 cts oval cabochon measuring 10.9x9.9x7.7 mm, lt
incl, from China. A darker purple scapolite cabochon that displays
a strong cat’s eye.
Priced at $40/carat or $232.40/gem |
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8182 Scapolite CE,
Md Pinkish Orange, 2.71 cts oval cabochon measuring 8.9x7.3x7.2
mm, v lt incl, from Tanzania. An unusual color for scapolite cat’s
eyes.
Priced at $30/carat or $81.30/gem |
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15172 Topaz CE,
Colorless, 4.34 cts oval cabochon measuring 9.5x8.0x5.8 mm, eye clean,
from Sri Lanka. A rare, transparent and clean topaz cabochon that
displays a
strong and well centered cat’s eye.
Priced at $50/carat or $217.00/gem |
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16567 Tourmaline CE,
Md Pink, 2.57 cts oval cabochon measuring 8.9x7.9x4.4 mm, lt incl,
from Madagascar. A pink tourmaline cabochon that displays a strong
and well centered cat’s eye.
Priced at $30/carat or $77.10/gem
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16563 Tourmaline CE,
Md Pink, 7.54 cts oval cabochon
measuring 11.8x9.9x7.7 mm, mod incl, from Madagascar. A pink tourmaline
cat’s eye displaying a strong and well centered cat’s
eye.
Priced at $30/cart or $226.30/gem |
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16572 Tourmaline CE,
Md Green, 1.36 cts oval cabochon measuring 7.1x6.2x3.5 mm, mod incl,
from Madagascar. A very fine tourmaline cat’s eye with a strong,
well centered
eye.
Priced at $25/carat or $34.00/gem
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16495 Tourmaline CE,
Md Lt Green, 11.33 cts oval cabochon measuring 14.0x11.4x8.0 mm, lt
incl, from California. A transparent tourmaline cabochon that displays
a fine cat’s
eye.
Priced at $25/carat or $283.25/gem |
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15748 Tourmaline CE,
Md Dk Bluish Green, 1.88 cts oval cabochon measuring 8.0x5.4x4.5 mm,
lt incl, from Brazil. A beautiful bluish green tourmaline cabochon
that displays a strong and well centered cat’s eye. Priced
at $50/carat or $94.00/gem |
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16757 Tourmaline CE,
Md Dk Green, 1.92 cts oval cabochon measuring 8.6x5.3x4.7 mm, v lt
incl, from Brazil. An inexpensive tourmaline cat’s eye with
a strong and well centered eye on a bluish green body.
Priced at $35/carat or $67.20/gem |
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13285 Zircon CE,
Md Greenish Gray, 8.49 cts oval cabochon measuring 12.0x9.1x6.5
mm, v lt incl, from Sri Lanka. A zircon cabochon that displays a very
fine, strong, centered silver cat’s eye. Zircon cat’s
eye are durable enough for setting in jewelry.
Priced at $50/carat or $436.00 |
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13254 Zircon CE,
Dk Green, 5.59 cts round cabochon measuring 10.0x9.3x5.5 mm, v lt
incl, from Sri Lanka. A natural, untreated, dark green zircon that
displays a thin, sharp,
cat’s eye.
Priced at $70/carat or $391.30/gem |
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15288 Zircon CE,
Dk Green, 2.89 cts round cabochon measuring 6.9x6.8x5.5 mm, lt incl,
from Sri Lanka. A natural, dark green zircon with a distinct cat’s
eye.
Priced at $70/carat or $202.30/gem
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11474 Zircon CE,
Md Lt Greenish Gray, 2.84 cts round cabochon measuring 8.5x8.4x3.1
mm, translucent, from Sri Lanka. Zircons are a very durable gem and
these display a very strong silver cat’s eye making them well
suited for a unique jewelry setting.
Priced at $25/carat or $71.00/gem
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14457 Zircon CE,
Md Lt Greenish Gray, 1.66 cts oval cabochon measuring 6.5x5.4x3.7
mm, translucent, from Sri Lanka. A highly metallic looking gem that
a very strong,
centered silver cat’s eye.
Priced at $25/carat or $41.50/gem |
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