Amethyst Collection

Flight Lieutenant K. H. F Letford, DFO
Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Harold Francis Letford, as he appeared in the Illustrated London News in 1949, when he was awarded a bar to his Distinguished Flying Cross for gallantry in assisting HMS

Birthstone Series: Amythest Quartz
An Amythest quartz specimen. Amythest is a form of quartz that is usually purple in colour, it is the birthstone for the month of March. Natural History Museum specimen number 84817

Crucifix set with sapphires, zircon, spinel, cairngorm and amethyst. The whole cross is bordered by diamonds

Gold muff chains with amethyst beads, enamel bars, etc. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895

Amethyst woodstar, Calliphlox amethystina. Almost adult
Amethyst woodstar, Calliphlox amethystina (Ornismya amethistina). Almost adult. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lessons Natural

Amethyst woodstar, Calliphlox amethystina (Amethystine hummingbird, Trochilus amethystina). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology

Amethyst woodstar, Calliphlox amethystine (immature male)
Amethyst woodstar, Calliphlox amethystine, immature male (even-tailed amethystine hummingbird, Trochilus orthura). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardines Naturalists

German necklaces of the mid 16th century: gem with enamel painting of a crucifixion scene A, gem with enamel painting of St

Bee hummingbird and amethyst woodstar
Bee hummingbird or zunzuncito, Mellisuga helenae, and amethyst woodstar, Calliphlox amethystina. Handcoloured lithograph from Th

Jamaican forget-me-not, amethyst flower, or bush violet, Browallia americana (Tall browallia, Browallia elata). Handcolured copperplate engraving

The Battle of Pacocha - The British Attack Peruvian Ship
The Battle of Pacocha in the Pacific - an engagement between the HMS Shah and HMS Amethyst against the rebel Peruvian ship Huascar off Ilo, on 29th May 1877

Advert for Mappin & Webb pearl and diamond jewellery 1912
Selection of beautiful brooches, pendants and a necklace all made of pearls, diamonds and other precious stones Date: 1912

Amethyst is the purple variety of quartz (silicon dioxide) and is a popular gemstone

Allied warships, Dardanelles, February 1915, WW1
Allied warships which took part in the bombardment of the Dardanelles in February 1915. They are: HMS Dublin, Euryalus, Cornwallis, Amethyst, Sapphire, Vengeance, Lord Nelson, Implacable, Agamemnon

Advert for John Bennett jewellers, novelty jewellery 1901
Variety of Christmas gifts for the Edwardian lady; novelty brooches with mother of pearl, rubies, turquoises, sapphires, amethyst. 1901

Various Precious Stones
1. RUBY 2. EMERALD 3. GARNET 4. LAPIS LAZULI 5. TURQUOISE 6. DIAMOND 7&8. GOLD 9. SILVER 10. TOPAZ 11. SAPPHIRE 12. AMETHYST 13. OPAL 14. AGATE. Date: circa 1870

Trade catalogue of womens knitted coats 1911
Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing a page selection of fashionable knitted coats. Date: 1911

Advert for Alexander Clark, jewellery 1912
Selection of gifts for Christmas. 1912

Amethyst Runs the Yangtse Gauntlet. The Frigate returning fire soon after the start of her historic dash down to sea. Date: 1949

Masked mushroom, Agaricus personatus 1, variable mushroom 2 and amethyst clavaria 3.. Masked mushroom, Agaricus personatus 1, variable mushroom, Russula heterophylla 2, and amethyst clavaria

HMS Amethyst, British sloop
HMS Amethyst (F116), British modified Black Swan class sloop, seen here in the Suez Canal with spectators in the foreground. Date: circa 1950s

Royal investiture of the Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castl
Prince Charles in full regalia as he is presented to the Welsh people at Queen Eleanors Gate. His coronet weighs only three pounds and is of pure gold crystals

Cursed amethyst
When the Mineralogy Department received this amethyst in 1943 they found a note inside the box: this stone is trebly accursed and is stained with the blood

Amethyst crystals

Amethyst, baryte dioptase, rhodochrosite
Amethyst, purple crystals from India. Baryte, long yellow prisms from Cumbria. Dioptase, green lustrous crusts from Namibia. Rhodochrosite, pink crystals on quartz

Quartz variety amethyst

Citrine and amethyst are both varieties of quartz (silicon dioxide)

Amethyst is the purple variety of quartz (silicon dioxide) and is a popular gemstone

Bargains for all
Typical morning scene on the verandah of the hotel at Jaipur. Sellers come and sit on the edge of the verandah as they display their colourful wares in the bright morning sunlight

Wwi / Gallipoli / Amethyst
The British light cruiser HMS Amethyst engages Turkish batteries at Kephez Point, and comes under heavy fire, during the pre-landing phase of the Gallipoli campaign

Zodiac Charms Pisces
(amethyst)

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