Amethyst

Quick meaning: Amethyst is a noun meaning A transparent purple to violet variety of quartz with traces of manganese, used as a gemstone.

Meaning

A transparent purple to violet variety of quartz with traces of manganese, used as a gemstone.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) A purple colour.
2. (heraldry) The tincture purpure, when blazoning by precious stones.
3. Having a colour similar to that of the gemstone

Example Sentences

The Field is Topaz, a Lion rampant Amethyst [...]

Purple, on the arms of princes Mercury, of peers amethyst, and of commoners purpure, [is represented] by diagonal lines from the sinister chief to the dexter base.

The burning evening sun lighted with mellow gold the coats of the fierce little tiger-kittens — orange silk with stripes of black velvet — the broken amethysts and ruined emeralds of the poor bird's train cruelly scattered over the trampled grass

Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)

Word Forms

• amethysts

Synonyms for amethyst

Depending on context, synonyms include chromatic, colored.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chromatic, colored, ametrine, amazonite, aurorite, aquamarine.

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