Cats Eye / Fibre Optics (Synthetic)
Gorgeous Cats Eye pieces – they are made of either glass or synthetic material – plastic or other material.
There are natural minerals which possess chatoyance and the cats eye effect – Chrysoberyl being one of the most popular. However, these are extremely expensive – this synthetic fibre optic material is far cheaper.
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It is difficult to write an article about a synthetic material – as obviously, there may be more than one form of ‘cats eye glass’ or ‘cats eye plastic’.
The name comes from an unusual form of visual effect; through the centre of the fibre optic material there is a sort of blank line, which is likened to a ‘cats eye’.
The material is created from hair-like strands of optical glass, which are used to create a optical cable for telecommunications and other high speed data transfer.
In this case, thousands of these strands are pressed together to create an unusual chatoyant glass material.
Without finding a manufacturer of the material it is difficult to find out too much information on it specifically.