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looks like cat's eye or marjaraksaka which is mentioned in the
Arthas谩stra under a different context related to diamonds (2.11.39).
The section 2.11.31 describes mahanila (deep blue) indranila
(sappphire, which is corundum or Al2O3 containing Ti, Fe and Co as
impurities), a variation being asteriated or star, sapphire entiled
sravanmadhya, bluish gem 'having rays shooting like flowing water'..
Later mah膩nila was distinguished from indranila in the text
Agastimate, as the deep blue variety from Sri Lanka in which 'the
colours of the rainbow sparkle'.
Jimutaprabha is proably cloudstone or faint bluish marble.
Moonstone or candrakanta, an intergrowth of orthoclase and albite,
with pearly opalescent reflection, blue bloom and lovely sheen
(available in Sri Lanka), was probably meant in the Arthas stra's
nandaka (2.11.31) and sitavrsti (2.11.32). Suryakanta, classified
with sphatika or quartz (2.11.32), is clearly sunstone, which is
sodium-calcium feldspar with strong optical interference, reflectivi
and play of colour. Was Lord Krishna's famous Syamantaka a sample
of suryakanta or vajra (diamond)?
The Arthas膩stra also mentioned several subsidiary types of
gems named after colour, lustre or place of origin (2.11.35)
vimalaka, white-red, jyotirasaka, white-red (could be
agate and carnelian; vimalaka could also be shining pyrite),
lohitakaa, black in the centre and red at the fringe (magnetite,