different between verdigris vs amazonite

English

Etymology

From French vert-de-gris.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?v?.d?.??is/, /?v?.d?.???s/

Noun

verdigris (countable and uncountable, plural verdigrises)

1. A blue-green patina or rust that forms on copper-containing metals.
   • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 13

     Let's to the museum. Cannon-balls, arrow-heads; Roman glass and a forceps green with verdigris.

2. (chemistry, dated) Copper acetate.
3. The colour of this patina or material.

Synonyms

• (blue-green copper rust or patina): aerugo
• (copper acetate): Spanish green
• (color): Spanish green

Related terms

• verdigrisy

Translations

Verb

verdigris (third-person singular simple present verdigrises, present participle verdigrising, simple past and past participle verdigrised)

1. To cover, or coat, with verdigris.

   An old verdigrised brass bugle. — Hawthorne.

See also

• verdigris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Amazon +? -ite; the gem does not actually come from the Amazon, but it was confused with an unrelated green stone that does.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æm?z??na?t/

Noun

amazonite (countable and uncountable, plural amazonites)

1. A gem variety of microcline feldspar, varying from bright verdigris green to a bluish green.

Translations

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Amazonite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “amazonite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• anatomize

French

Noun

amazonite f (plural amazonites)

1. amazonite