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Topaz vs. Amethyst — What's the Difference?

Topaz vs. Amethyst — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Topaz and Amethyst

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Topaz

Topaz ( TOH-paz) is a silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine with the chemical formula Al2SiO4(F, OH)2. It is used as a gemstone in jewelry and other adornments.

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.

Topaz

A precious stone, typically colourless, yellow, or pale blue, consisting of an aluminium silicate that contains fluorine.

Amethyst

A precious stone consisting of a violet or purple variety of quartz
Amethyst earrings
A delicate necklace of amethysts and pearls

Topaz

A large tropical American hummingbird with a yellowish throat and a long tail.
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Amethyst

A purple or violet form of transparent quartz used as a gemstone.

Topaz

A colorless, blue, yellow, brown, or pink aluminum silicate mineral, often found in association with granitic rocks and valued as a gemstone.

Amethyst

A purple variety of corundum used as a gemstone.

Topaz

Any of various yellow gemstones, especially a yellow variety of sapphire or corundum.

Amethyst

A moderate purple to grayish reddish purple.

Topaz

A light yellow variety of quartz.

Amethyst

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

Topaz

A silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine, usually tinted by impurities.

Amethyst

(uncountable) A purple colour.

Topaz

An often clear, yellowish-brown gemstone cut from this.

Amethyst

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

Topaz

A yellowish-brown color, like that of the gemstone.

Amethyst

Having a colour similar to that of the gemstone

Topaz

A black Catholic soldier in the British Army.

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.

Topaz

Either of two species of very large hummingbirds in the genus Topaza.

Amethyst

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

Topaz

A ruby-topaz hummingbird, Chrysolampis mosquitus, the male of which has bright ruby feathers on the head and topaz on the throat

Amethyst

A transparent purple variety of quartz; used as a gemstone

Topaz

Of a yellowish-brown color, like that of the gemstone.

Amethyst

Of a moderate purple color

Topaz

A mineral occurring in rhombic prisms, generally yellowish and pellucid, also colorless, and of greenesh, bluish, or brownish shades. It sometimes occurs massive and opaque. It is a fluosilicate of alumina, and is used as a gem.

Topaz

Either one of two species of large, brilliantly colored humming birds of the genus Topaza (Topaza pella or Topaza pyra), of South America and the West Indies.

Topaz

A yellow quartz

Topaz

A mineral (fluosilicate of aluminum) that occurs in crystals of various colors and is used as a gemstone

Topaz

A light brown

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