star sapphire rough

[user 1769]

I thought stars and cats eyes were the same stone just cut differently

Hi mate, sort of but not exactly.
You can get a cat's eye out of a star sapphire, if you cut it certain angles.
But there are cat's eye stones that are NOT stars.

Hope it makes sense.

 

[5ftfossicker]

Sort of , thanks for the reply. Seems i have a lot more reading to do