amethyst
noun
a purple or violet quartz, used as a gem.
amethystlike
-
a word derived from
amethyst.
Example Sentences
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He proceeded to give further and more impressive proof, laying out the stones by shade, in correct spectral order, from a lump of amethystlike quartz to a dark red stone.
From Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper
