sapphirine

English

Etymology

sapphire +‎ -ine

Noun

sapphirine (countable and uncountable, plural sapphirines)

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

Translations

Adjective

sapphirine (comparative more sapphirine, superlative most sapphirine)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling sapphire

Further reading

  • “Sapphirine” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • sapphirine mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016

Latin

Adjective

sapphīrine

  1. vocative masculine singular of sapphīrinus
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