cat's eye

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cat's eye - any of various gems (as chrysoberyl or chalcedony) that reflect light when cut in a rounded shape

opaque gem - a gemstone that is opaque

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cat's-eye
chatoyancy

chatoyant
opaque gem

The cardinal related yesterday while playing with the king, with an air of condolence very displeasing to me, that the day before yesterday those DAMNED MUSKETEERS, those DAREDEVILS--he dwelt upon those words with an ironical tone still more displeasing to me--those BRAGGARTS, added he, glancing at me with his tiger- cat's eye, had made a riot in the Rue Ferou in a cabaret, and that a party of his Guards (I thought he was going to laugh in my face) had been forced to arrest the rioters

The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

Fully a dozen feet in length, with the unmistakable phosphorescent cat's eye gleaming like a drowning star, I knew it for what it was, a tiger shark.

The Red One by London, Jack View in context

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