Amethyst vs Citrine - What's the difference?
amethyst | citrine |
A transparent purple variety of quartz, used as a gemstone.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
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(uncountable) A purple colour.
(tincture) The purple tincture when emblazoning the arms of the English nobility.
A goldish-yellow colour, like that of a lemon.
* Francis Thynne
* 1962' (quoting '''c. 1398 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:
A brownish-yellow quartz
Of a goldish-yellow colour
As nouns the difference between amethyst and citrine
is that amethyst is amethyst while citrine is a goldish-yellow colour, like that of a lemon.As an adjective citrine is
of a goldish-yellow colour.amethyst
English
(wikipedia amethyst)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst , chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)}}
See also
*References
*citrine
English
(wikipedia citrine)Noun
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