Jasper vs. Amethyst

Jaspernoun

(obsolete) Any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.

Jaspernoun

An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface.

Jaspernoun

Jasperware pottery.

Jaspernoun

A wasp.

Jaspernoun

A person, a guy, especially seen as naïve or simple.

Jaspernoun

An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped jasper or banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper.

Jaspernoun

an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone

Jasper

Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or chalcedony and other mineral phases, is an opaque, impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue. The common red color is due to iron(III) inclusions.

Amethystnoun

A transparent purple variety of quartz, used as a gemstone.

Amethystnoun

(uncountable) A purple colour.

Amethystnoun

(tincture) The purple tincture when emblazoning the arms of the English nobility.

Amethystadjective

Having a colour similar to that of the gemstone

Amethyst

A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone.

Amethyst

A purple color in a nobleman's escutcheon, or coat of arms.

Amethystnoun

a transparent purple variety of quartz; used as a gemstone

Amethystadjective

of a moderate purple color

Amethystnoun

a precious stone consisting of a violet or purple variety of quartz

Amethystnoun

a violet or purple colour

Amethyst

Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz. The name comes from the Koine Greek αμέθυστος amethystos from α- a-, and μεθύσκω (Ancient Greek) methysko / μεθώ metho (Modern Greek), , a reference to the belief that the stone protected its owner from drunkenness.