Sapphirine

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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