sapphirine
1Sapphirine — Indigo blue sapphirine crystal from Ft. Dauphin, Madagascar (size: 2.1 x 1.9 x 1.4 cm) General Category Silicate mineral …
2Sapphirine — Sap phir*ine, n. Resembling sapphire; made of sapphire; having the color, or any quality of sapphire. Sapphirine degree of hardness. Boyle. [1913 Webster] …
3SAPPHIRINE — insul. in Arabico sinu, e qua sapphirus gemma, Steph. licet corrupte legatur Samphirine. Nic. Lloydius …
4sapphirine — [saf′ər in, saf′ə rīn΄] adj. of or like sapphire n. a rare, blue or green, very hard, monoclinic mineral, (Mg,Al) 8 (Al,Si) 6O20, found in some metamorphic rocks …
5sapphirine gurnard — gelsvasis jūrgaidis statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Trigla lucerna angl. yellow gurnard; lantern gurnard; latchet; sapphirine gurnard; tub gurnard; tubbot; tubfish rus. жёлтая тригла; жёлтый морской… …
6sapphirine — adjective Date: 15th century 1. made of sapphire 2. resembling sapphire especially in color …
7sapphirine — adj. [Gr. sappheiros, sapphire] Sapphire blue …
8sapphirine — /saf euhr in, euh reen , euh ruyn /, adj. 1. consisting of sapphire; like sapphire, esp. in color. n. 2. a pale blue or greenish, usually granular mineral, a silicate of magnesium and aluminum. 3. a blue variety of spinel. [1375 1425; late ME… …
9sapphirine — 1. noun A rare silicate of magnesium and aluminium (with iron as a major impurity), named for its sapphirelike colour. 2. adjective Of, pertain …
10sapphirine — sap·phir·ine …
