amethyst
noun
a purple or violet quartz, used as a gem.
amethystine
-
a word derived from
amethyst.
Example Sentences
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JMB Reptiles, a snake removal and relocation service located in Innisfail, took to Facebook earlier this month with photos of a scrub python, more formally known as an amethystine python, devouring a helpless wallaby.
From Fox News ● Feb. 13, 2019
There were at least three species of scorpion in camp, and the native amethystine pythons were known to grow to 28 feet.
From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2011
The sight of these amethystine tips affected Eric strangely, much as though he had looked at something hideously repulsive.
From The Medici Boots by Pearl Norton Swet
Far out dusky amethystine islets clustered like gems on the shining breast of the bay.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
It had been given the name of Crystal Palace Mountain because it was crested with an outcropping of amethystine quartz-crystal structures in natural pillars, domes, arches, spires.
From Eight Keys to Eden by Mark Clifton
