Oriental amethyst


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the violet-blue variety of transparent crystallized corundum or sapphire.

See also: Amethyst

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Sapphires that are not blue are sometimes described as "fancy", the yellow examples can also be called "oriental topaz" and the green and purple, "oriental emerald" or "oriental amethyst" respectively.
Romance in the stone

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