sapphirine
11sapphirine — sap•phir•ine [[t]ˈsæf ər ɪn, əˌrin, əˌraɪn[/t]] adj. 1) mir consisting of sapphire 2) deep blue • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME saphyryn (< OF) « Gk sappheírinos like lapis lazuli (see sapphire, ine I) …
12sapphirine — /ˈsæfəraɪn/ (say safuhruyn), / rən/ (say ruhn) adjective 1. consisting of sapphire; like sapphire, especially in colour. –noun 2. a pale blue or greenish, usually granular mineral, a silicate of magnesium and aluminium. 3. a blue variety of… …
13sapphirine — I noun a rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum and magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks • Hypernyms: ↑mineral II adjective made of or resembling sapphire • Pertains to noun: ↑sapphire …
14sapphirine gurnard — noun : a European gurnard (Trigla hirundo) having the pectoral fins much blotched with a rich blue …
15Ultra-high-temperature metamorphism — (UHT) represents extreme crustal metamorphism with metamorphic temperatures exceeding 900 °C (Harley, 1998 Geol. Soc. Lond; Brown, 2007 Int. Geol. Rev.; Kelsey, 2008 Gondwana Res.; Santosh and Omori, 2008a Gondwana Res.). Granulite facies rocks… …
16Saphirin — Sapphirin Chemische Formel (Mg,Al)8(Al,Si)6O20 Mineralklasse Inosilikate VIII/F.15 10 (nach Strunz) 69.2.1b.1 (nach Dana) …
17Sapphirin — Chemische Formel (Mg,Al)8(Al,Si)6O20 Mineralklasse Inosilikate VIII/F.15 10 (nach Strunz) 69.02.01b.01 (nach Dana) …
18Granulite — Granulites are fine to medium–grained metamorphic rocks that have experienced high temperatures of metamorphism, composed mainly of feldspars sometimes associated with quartz and anhydrous ferromagnesian minerals, with granoblastic texture and… …
19List of minerals S-T (complete) — It is currently not possible to have a complete list of minerals . The International Mineralogical Association is the international group that recognises new minerals and new mineral names, however minerals discovered before 1959 did not go… …
20blue — I. a. 1. Azure, cerulean, sapphirine, amethystine, sky colored. 2. Livid, ghastly, pallid. 3. (Colloq.) Melancholy, dejected, dispirited, depressed, sad, glum, gloomy, mopish, downcast, desponding, downhearted, hypochondriac, hipped, chapfallen,… …
