The former option is one presented in the book ; the latter is known in the Amber community as an " Amethyst " game.

Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz often used in jewelry.

Amethyst is a purple variety of quartz ( SiO < sub > 2 </ sub >) and owes its violet color to irradiation, iron impurities ( in some cases in conjunction with transition element impurities ), and the presence of trace elements, which result in complex crystal lattice substitutions.

Amethyst was considered to be a strong antidote against drunkenness, which is why wine goblets were often carved from it.

Amethyst is produced in abundance from the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil where it occurs in large geodes within volcanic rocks.

Amethyst is relatively common in Ontario, and in various locations throughout Nova Scotia.

The Amethyst Ring by Scott O ' Dell is the third novel in the fictional trilogy started by The Captive and Feathered Serpent.

is a contemporary thriller set in a fictional Texas town, Amethyst, based on Saylor's hometown, Goldthwaite, Texas.

The earliest known example is a sealing gang from the US ship Amethyst which remained on the island in 1806-1807.

Ahlamah appears to be derived from a term meaning strong, though it may equally be derived from Ahlamu, a place where Amethysts were found ; in the Babylonian Targum, Ahlamah is translated into a term meaning strong drinking, which appears to reference beliefs about the Amethyst, but in the Jerusalem Targum, it is translated into a term meaning calf's eye.

Amethyst Rock Star is the first album release by Saul Williams.

Mysa was also a physical vessel for the disembodied soul of Amethyst, one of the Lords of Order who is currently active in the present day DC Universe.

Amethyst is another prominent Lord of Order, recently becoming active again during Infinite Crisis and its aftermath.

While he is sometimes depicted as a present-day adversary of the Justice Society of America and the Lord of Order known as Amethyst, Mordru's primary foes are the Legion of Super-Heroes in the future world of the 30th and 31st centuries.

Amethyst is not satisfied with this punishment and locks Modru inside Gemworld by merging him with the planet itself.

* Amethyst-The House of Amethyst is the most powerful house and, until Amy's return to Gemworld, it remained without a leader.

* Moonstone-The House of Moonstone is allied with the House of Amethyst.

* Turquoise-The House of Turquoise is allied with the House of Amethyst.

Amethyst is a semi-precious form of quartz.

Here, Shade is the leader of a band of heroes dubbed the Secret Seven, which includes Enchantress and Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld.

The state is also noted for the following agricultural products: rubber, cocoa, cashew nuts and is blessed with precious stones like Quartz, Amethyst, Mica, Dolomite, Granite Stone and Lime Stone used in the production of Cement.

Amethyst was used as a gemstone by the ancient Egyptians and was largely employed in antiquity for intaglio engraved gems.

Some of the notable logos he created during the period 1977 – 1995 include the Batman logo used for the Batman: Year One storyline, The New Teen Titans ( including character logos for team members Nightwing, Starfire, Raven, Cyborg, the Changeling, and Jericho ), Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld, Camelot 3000, Doctor Strange, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Magneto.

McCardell later spearheaded the creation of the Amethyst Initiative, a statement of over 120 college presidents across the United States calling for reconsideration of drinking age laws.

created the cover artwork for The Seventh Octave, images throughout S / HE in response to Williams, and set-designed his 2001 album Amethyst Rock Star.

In July 2008, over 100 U. S. college presidents called for a reconsideration of the drinking age law via the creation of the Amethyst Initiative.

Artigas is renowned for its Amethyst mines.

Amethyst occurs in primary hues from a light pinkish violet to a deep purple.

Amethyst may exhibit one or both secondary hues, red and blue.

Amethyst can fade in tone if overexposed to light sources and can be artificially darkened with adequate irradiation.

Amethyst occurs at many localities in the United States.

Among these may be mentioned: the Mazatzal Mountain region in Gila and Maricopa Counties, Arizona ; Red Feather Lakes, near Ft Collins, Colorado ; Amethyst Mountain, Texas ; Yellowstone National Park ; Delaware County, Pennsylvania ; Haywood County, North Carolina ; Deer Hill and Stow, Maine and in the Lake Superior region of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ontario in Canada.

* July 31 – Captain Kerans of the HMS Amethyst decides to make a break after nightfall, under heavy fire from the Chinese People's Liberation Army on both sides of the Yangtze River, and successfully rejoins the fleet at Woosung the next day.

* Amethyst ( vol.

Mineralogy, mineral chemistry, and paragenesis of gold, silver, and base-metal ores of the North Amethyst vein system, San Juan Mountains, Mineral County, Colorado Geological Survey Professional Paper 1537.

Amethyst and marine fossils are common in the area.

They begin as prismatic quartz ( including the color sub-varieties such as Smoky Quartz and Amethyst ) in the quartz veins alongside the Delaware River that get eroded out of the host rock and wash down 200 miles to the shore.

By the mid-1980s, Berger, then editor of such DC titles as Wonder Woman and Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld, began assigning writers from the UK.

year old petrified wood from Arizona, Amethyst from Brazil, Flourith from China etc.

Between 1869 and 1889, he was the master of eight vessels, the first four of which ( the Washington, the Constitution, the Benjamin Aymar and the Amethyst ) he commanded in the employ of others.

Returning to San Francisco, they purchased the Amethyst.

* Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld vol.

* In 1949, HMS Amethyst, a Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy became involved in an international incident when she became trapped in the Yangtze River by Communist Chinese shore batteries.