sapphirine
/ˈsæfəˌrin/
adjective
- Resembling or having the color of a sapphire; bright blue.
- Her eyes were a striking sapphirine blue.
- The butterfly's wings had a sapphirine shimmer in the sunlight.
- The artist mixed a sapphirine hue for the sky in the painting.
noun
- A rare blue or greenish mineral, often used as a gemstone.
- The necklace featured a polished sapphirine pendant.
- Sapphirine is valued by collectors for its unusual color.
- The geologist discovered a small piece of sapphirine in the rock sample.