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
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.
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
10 June 2025
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
