Definition of "amethyst" []

• A purple or violet form of transparent quartz used as a gemstone. (noun)
• A purple variety of corundum used as a gemstone. (noun)
• A moderate purple to grayish reddish purple. (noun)

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• "In the distance are the White-cloud hills, which were painted softly in amethyst on a tender green sky, and nearer are some rocky hills, which are red at all hours of daylight."
• "Then we have the "amethyst" sapphire, which varies from a red to a blue purple, being richer in colour than the ordinary amethyst, which is a form of violet-coloured quartz, but the corundum variety, which, like its companions, is called the "oriental" amethyst, is both rarer and more precious."
• "Lyra is wonderful as an independent prospector who learns from being burned; while intriguingly he does not regrets his actions but is burned more so as his obsidian and her amethyst is a fiery PSI heart and soul matching ."