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Amethyst (disambiguation) — Amethyst is a semi precious mineral.Amethyst may also refer to:* Amethyst flower, an annual showy plant with violet blue blooms * Amethyst (color), named after the mineral * Amethyst gasfield, a hydrocarbon (natural gas field) production field of … Wikipedia
Amethyst — Am e*thyst, [F. ametiste, amatiste, F. am[ e]thyste, L. amethystus, fr. Gr. ? without drunkenness; as a noun, a remedy for drunkenness, the amethyst, supposed to have this power; a priv. + ? to be drunken, ? strong drink, wine. See {Mead}.] [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
amethyst — [am′i thist] n. [ME ametist < OFr ametiste < L amethystus < Gr amethystos, not drunken (the Greeks believed that the amethyst prevented intoxication) < a , not + methystos, drunken < methyein, to be drunken < methy, strong drink … English World dictionary
amethyst — (n.) violet quartz, late 13c., ametist, from O.Fr. ametiste (Mod.Fr. améthyste) and directly from M.L. amatistus, from L. amethystus, from Gk. amethystos amethyst, lit. not intoxicating, from a not + methyskein make drunk, from methys wine (see … Etymology dictionary
Violet-backed Starling — male above, female below … Wikipedia
Amethyst — Amethyst, ein schöner, violet gefärbter Halbedelstein. Er besteht aus Quarz mit etwas Manganoxyd (Braunstein) gefärbt. Man macht ihn nach, indem man dieses Mineral dem Glase (geschmolzener Quarz) zusetzt, wodurch eine Paste entsteht, welche zwar… … Damen Conversations Lexikon
amethyst — ► NOUN ▪ a precious stone consisting of a violet or purple variety of quartz. ORIGIN Greek amethustos not drunken (because the stone was believed to prevent intoxication) … English terms dictionary
Amethyst — Infobox mineral name = Amethyst category = Mineral variety boxwidth = boxbgcolor = imagesize = caption = formula = Silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2) molweight = color = violet habit = 6 sided prism ending in 6 sided pyramid (typical) system =… … Wikipedia
amethyst — amethystine /am euh this tin, tuyn/, adj. amethystlike, adj. /am euh thist/, n. 1. a purple or violet quartz, used as a gem. 2. a purplish tint. adj. 3. having the color of amethyst. 4. containing or set with an amethyst or amethysts: an amethyst … Universalium
Amethyst (color) — infobox color title=Amethyst hex=9966CC r=153|g=102|b=204 c= 25|m= 50|y= 0|k= 20 h=270|s= 50|v= 80The color amethyst is a moderate, transparent violet. Its name is derived from the stone amethyst, a form of quartz. Though the color of natural… … Wikipedia
