Chatoyment
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chatoyment is a noun meaning Changeableness of color, as in a mineral; play of colors.
Meaning
Changeableness of color, as in a mineral; play of colors.
Example Sentences
The colour of these "black pearls" is black by incident light; by rolling the pearls in a certain direction brownish coloured bands with chatoyment are shown the same as can be observed in cabochon ground Cat's eyes (quartz).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include chatoyant, acidochromism, pleochroism, iridescence, alexandrite, mechanochromism.
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