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Sapphirine

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or resembling sapphire
Adjective
  1. 1
    made of or resembling sapphire wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A rare silicate of magnesium and aluminium (with iron as a major impurity), named for its sapphirelike colour. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum and magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From sapphire + -ine.

Etymology 2

From sapphire + -ine.

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