Sapphirine

Origin

sapphire + -ine

Full definition of sapphirine

Noun

sapphirine

(countable and uncountable; plural sapphirines)

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

Adjective

sapphirine

Of, pertaining to, or resembling sapphire----