sapphirine
English
Noun
sapphirine (countable and uncountable, plural sapphirines)
- (mineralogy) 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
Further reading
- “Sapphirine” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
- “sapphirine”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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