Amethyst red secondary hues. ‘Rose de France’ is defined by its markedly light shade of the purple, reminiscent of a lavender/lilac shade. These pale colors, were once considered undesirable but have recently become popular due to intensive marketing. Green quartz is sometimes incorrectly called green amethyst, which is a misnomer and not an appropriate name for the material, the proper terminology being prasiolite. Other names for green quartz are vermarine or lime citrine. Of very variable intensity, the color of amethyst is often laid out in stripes parallel to the final faces of the crystal. One aspect in the art of
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) is a British war film that tells the story of the British sloop caught up in the Chinese Civil War and involved in the 1949 Yangtze Incident. It was based upon the book written by Lawrence Earl. The film was known in the US by the alternative titles Battle Hell, "Escape of the Amethyst", "Their Greatest Glory" and "Yangtze Incident". Non-English language titles include the direct German translation of "Yangtse-Zwischenfall", and "Commando sur le Yang-Tse" in France. In Belgium it was known as "Feu sur