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Sapphirine

Sapphirine Meaning & Definition
Sapphirine Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sapphirine?

[n] a rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum-magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks
[adj] made of or resembling sapphire

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See Also | mineral

Sapphirine In Webster's Dictionary

\Sap"phir*ine\, n. Resembling sapphire; made of sapphire; having the color, or any quality of sapphire. ``Sapphirine degree of hardness.'' --Boyle.

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