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flamefusion process

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flame-fusion process

[fleym-fyoo-zhuhn] .

Ver⋅neuil proc⋅ess

[vur-noi; Fr. ver-nœ-yuh ]
–noun
a process for making synthetic rubies, sapphires, spinels, etc., by the fusion at high temperatures of powdered compounds.


Origin:
named after A.V.L. Verneuil, 19th-century French mineralogist
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