Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sapphirine"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sapphirine \Sap"phir*ine\, n.
Resembling sapphire; made of sapphire; having the color, or
any quality of sapphire. ``Sapphirine degree of hardness.''
--Boyle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sapphirine
adj : made of or resembling sapphire
n : a rare light blue or green mineral; consists of
aluminum-magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in
some metamorphic rocks
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