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Definition of Amethystine
1. Adjective. Containing or resembling amethyst.
Definition of Amethystine
1. a. Resembling amethyst, especially in color; bluish violet.
Definition of Amethystine
1. Adjective. Like amethyst, especially when referring to colour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Amethystine
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amethystine
Literary usage of Amethystine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outlines of Mineralogy by John Kidd (1809)
"Crystallized amethystine Quartz. Infusible, but loses its colour by the blowpipe.
... The amethyst of commerce is in most instances amethystine quartz: when ..."
2. The Geology of Worcester, Massachusetts by Joseph Hartshorn Perry, Benjamin Kendall Emerson (1903)
"The next mineral is clearly distinguished from the blue and porcelain-like feldspar
by its glassy lustre, by its amethystine smooth, irregular surfaces ..."
3. Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of the Economic Minerals of Canada by Geological Survey of Canada (1876)
"Two blocks of crystals of amethystine quartz. b. Ornamental pile composed of
several hundred specimens of the same. Nearly every vein cutting the cherty and ..."
4. The London Journal of Botany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1847)
"On trees ; Tahiti ; Beechey, Hook. herb.—Patches several inches wide. The younger
thallus very pale olive-green, the more aged of an obscure amethystine ..."
5. Through Bosnia and the Herzegóvina on Foot During the Insurrection, August by Arthur Evans (1876)
"... amethystine Cliffs and Emerald Pools —A 1 .I', ! of Wild Figs and Pomegranates.
Aug. 2±tti.—This being our last morning in Serajevo, we thought it ..."
6. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1893)
"Throat rufous vinaceous ; occiput bright occiput dull amethystine rufous ...
Forehead greyish ; occiput metallic green, seldom with an amethystine tinge ..."
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