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
Amethyst Incident not see "Amethyst" in the dark. When the battery opened fire, the fire was directed at the "Kiang Lin Liberation" which was sunk by the gun fire, with heavy civilian casualties. At 0500 hours on 31 July, "Amethyst" approached the PLA forts at Par Shan (Baoshan) and Woosung (Wusong) which had their searchlights sweeping the river. At 0525 a planned meeting with the destroyer took place, at which point "Amethyst" sent the signal "Have rejoined the fleet south of Woosung. No damage. No casualties. God save the King". "Concord" had been ordered to prepare to provide gun support to "Amethyst"