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Meanings of sapphirine in English
A rare mineral of the sapphirine supergroup, single chain inosilicate mineral with polytopes 1A, 2M, 3A, 4M, 5A; a silicate of magnesium and aluminium, (Mg,Al)₈(Al,Si)₆O₂₀ (with Fe as a major impurity); named after its sapphire-like colour.
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Usage of sapphirine in English
1
Whatever there was in the bit of sapphirine blue, it had life.
2
His thick black hair was becomingly disheveled and his blue eyes shone with sapphirine brilliance.
3
Her sapphirine eyes were shining, her hands lay inert in her lap, her lips quivered softly.
4
His sapphirine-blue eyes shone with anticipatory plea sure.
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Straight of spine and sapphirine of eye, Barr appeared poised, intelligent, and master of a certain smile.
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The necklace rested securely in the cinched center of a sapphirine cushion, like a bug in a palm.
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He would have taken her hand on this, but the grave, direct gaze of her sapphirine eyes restrained him.
8
Her sapphirine eyes searched the Berkshire hills again, "Something bigger and nobler-somethingwhich meant the entire sacrifice of self."
9
I find him much more persuasive when he is in one of his rages, sapphirine eyes narrowed, heavy brows drawn together, teeth bared.
10
Then, noticing the expression of the dog who beholds his master with which her sapphirine eyes regarded him, he dropped his hand on hers.
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In this case also are the Aluminates of Magnesia, including the sapphirine; the chrysoberyls from Brazil, and those inclosed in quartz and felspar with garnets.
Frequent collocations
Sapphirine through the time