sapphirine

/ˈsæfəˌrin/
adjective
  1. 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
  1. 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.
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