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

mineral

• French: saphirine (fr) f

Adjective

sapphirine (comparative more sapphirine, superlative most sapphirine)

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling sapphire

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