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sapphirine

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sap⋅phir⋅ine

  [saf-er-in, -uh-reen, -uh-rahyn]
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–adjective
1. consisting of sapphire; like sapphire, esp. in color.
–noun
2. a pale-blue or greenish, usually granular mineral, a silicate of magnesium and aluminum.
3. a blue variety of spinel.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME saphyryn (< OF) ≪ Gk sappheírinos like lapis lazuli (see sapphire, -ine 1 ); (def. 2) < G Saphirin ≪ Gk, as above
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sap·phi·rine   (sāf'ə-rīn', -rēn', sə-fīr'ĭn)   
adj.  Of or resembling sapphire.
n.  A rare light blue or green aluminum-magnesium silicate mineral.
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