SAPPHIRINE

sapphirine

(adjective) made of or resembling sapphire

sapphirine

(noun) a rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum and magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sapphirine (countable and uncountable, plural sapphirines)

(mineral) A rare silicate of magnesium and aluminium (with iron as a major impurity), named for its sapphirelike colour.

Adjective

sapphirine (comparative more sapphirine, superlative most sapphirine)

Of, pertaining to, or resembling sapphire

Source: Wiktionary


Sap"phir*ine, n.

Definition: Resembling sapphire; made of sapphire; having the color, or any quality of sapphire. "Sapphirine degree of hardness." Boyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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