sapphirine

2 definitions found

sapphirine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sapphirine \Sap"phir*ine\, n.
     Resembling sapphire; made of sapphire; having the color, or
     any quality of sapphire. "Sapphirine degree of hardness."
     --Boyle.
     [1913 Webster]

sapphirine - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sapphirine
      adj 1: made of or resembling sapphire
      n 1: a rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum
           and magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some
           metamorphic rocks