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Cat's-eye is a semi-precious, yellowish-brown stone, a variety of chalcedonic quartz or chrysoberyl, which, cut in a certain way, reflects light and has a luster like the contracted pupil of a cat's eye.
The solution-phase melting temperatures were measured with an Agilent 8453 UV-VIS spectroscopy system with added Peltier thermostated single cell holder using a 1.5 ml quartz cuvette.
Local columnists have pointed out a number of errors and unsubstantiated stories in Davis' two books about Los Angeles: City of Quartz (1990) and Ecology of Fear (1998).
Unprotected spores in layers open to space or behind a quartz window were completely or nearly completely inactivated, and similarly low survival was obtained behind a thin layer of clay acting as an optical filter.
At its best, it's a sequel to City of Quartz , using the environment as a window onto Los Angeles' social problems.