sapphirine

English

Etymology

From sapphire +‎ -ine.

Noun

sapphirine (countable and uncountable, plural sapphirines)

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

Translations

Adjective

sapphirine (comparative more sapphirine, superlative most sapphirine)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling sapphire

Derived terms

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Sapphirine”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “sapphirine”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

Latin

Adjective

sapphīrine

  1. vocative masculine singular of sapphīrinus
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