Citations:amethyst

English citations of amethyst

• 1891 [September, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Adventure III.—A Case of Identity.”, in Geo[rge] Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume II (July to December), number [9], London: […], page 248, column 2:

  He held out his snuffbox of old gold, with a great amethyst in the centre of the lid.