amethyst
suomi-englanti sanakirjaamethyst englannista suomeksi
ametisti
ametistinvärinen
Substantiivi
amethyst englanniksi
A transparent purple to violet variety of quartz with traces of manganese, used as a gemstone.
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(color panel)
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1906 (printed), ''The Beetham Repository, 1770'' (eds. William Hutton, John Rawlinson Ford), page 115:
- 1st & 4th grand Quarter alike viz. Field Pearl, on a bend Sapphire 3 Buckheads, coup'd topaz for Stanley. The 2d Quarter, Field Sapphire with an inverted Chief, amethyst. The 3d, A Checque topaz & Amethyst, this seems prior to Bosworth field, to have belong'd to Sr Robt Goushill whose Dr a Stanley married ...
Having a colour similar to that of the gemstone
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