- A semi-precious stone of violet colour - Blame thy staff for hiding precious stone - Bluish-violet variety of quartz - February birth stone - February birthstone - Purple colour of mats they wove - Purple colourofmats they wove
- Carbonate of iron, an important ore of iron occuring
generally in cleavable masses, but also in rhombohedral crystals. It is
of a light yellowish brown color. Called also sparry iron, spathic
iron. - A meteorite consisting solely of metallic iron. - An indigo-blue variety of quartz. - Formerly, magnetic iron ore, or loadstone. - Any plant of the genus Sideritis; ironwort.