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ayopaltehuilotl.

Headword: 
ayopaltehuilotl.
Principal English Translation: 

amethyst, quartz, precious stone (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
ayopalteuilotl
Alonso de Molina: 

ayopalteuilotl. amatista, piedra preciosa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 3v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

Tehuilotl (glass, crystal) can come in various colors, and therefore it will appear in compound words such as this one for amethyst. Book 11, f. 206v, of the Florentine Codex has a discussion of this. One type of amethyst, apparently with a red tone, is called tlapaltehuilotl. See: https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/search?term=tehuilotl&view=text&filters=

themes: 
Colors
Jewelry, Adornment, Accouterments
Stones, Masonry
See also: 
ayopalli.
tehuilotl.
tlapaltehuilotl.