Jasper vs. Amethyst — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Jasper and Amethyst
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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.
Amethyst
Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz. The name comes from the Koine Greek αμέθυστος amethystos from α- a-, "not" and μεθύσκω (Ancient Greek) methysko / μεθώ metho (Modern Greek), "intoxicate", a reference to the belief that the stone protected its owner from drunkenness.
Jasper
An opaque cryptocrystalline variety of quartz that may be red, yellow, or brown.
Amethyst
A precious stone consisting of a violet or purple variety of quartz
Amethyst earrings
A delicate necklace of amethysts and pearls
Jasper
(obsolete) Any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.
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Amethyst
A purple or violet form of transparent quartz used as a gemstone.
Jasper
An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface.
Amethyst
A purple variety of corundum used as a gemstone.
Jasper
Jasperware pottery.
Amethyst
A moderate purple to grayish reddish purple.
Jasper
A wasp.
Amethyst
A transparent purple variety of quartz, used as a gemstone.
Jasper
A person, a guy, especially seen as naïve or simple.
Amethyst
(uncountable) A purple colour.
Jasper
(transitive) To decorate with, or as if with, jasper.
Amethyst
(tincture) The tincture purpure, when emblazoning the arms of the English nobility.
Jasper
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.
Amethyst
Having a colour similar to that of the gemstone
Jasper
An opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a 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.
Amethyst
A transparent purple variety of quartz; used as a gemstone
Amethyst
Of a moderate purple color
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