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Meaning of SAPPHIRINE

Pronunciation:  'safurin

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum-magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks
  2. [adj]  made of or resembling sapphire
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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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