sapphirine

Of or resembling sapphire.

A rare light blue or green aluminum-magnesium silicate mineral.

Made of sapphire.

Having the qualities of sapphire, especially the color. Compare sapphire, a.

A blue variety of spinel.

A pale-blue or greenish mineral occurring in disseminated grains with mica and anthophyllite in Greenland: it is a highly basic silicate of aluminium and magnesium.

Resembling sapphire; made of sapphire; having the color, or any quality of sapphire.

A rare silicate of magnesium and aluminium (with iron as a major impurity), named for its sapphirelike colour.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling sapphire

a rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum and magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks