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From Frenchchatoyant, present participle of chatoyer(“to iridesce, like a cat's eye”), from chat(“cat”, because of the reflective qualities of a cat's eye).
(jewelry) Having a certain optical reflectance effect, which can be likened to the sheen of a spool of silk.
chatoyant effect
1913, Sax Rohmer, chapter XXIII, in The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu:
I managed to move sufficiently to see at the top, as I fired up the stairs, the yellow face of Dr. Fu-Manchu, to see the gleaming, chatoyant eyes, greenly terrible, as they sought to pierce the gloom.
2013, Gail Ritchey, Artful Polymer Clay: Techniques for Stylish Jewelry and Decor, Kalmbach Books, →ISBN, page 71:
Cover a tin using two or more colors of chatoyant clay separated by black strips.
