sapphirine

IPA: sˈæfaɪɝin

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

Examples of "sapphirine" in Sentences

He flashes out emeralds and rubies, amethystine flames and sapphirine colours, in
He dared a glance at the Power's face, and was caught again, a moth in sapphirine flame.
Straight of spine and sapphirine of eye, Barr appeared poised, intelligent, and master of a certain smile.
Dirk looked into Rolan's glowing eyes-and they were glowing, a sapphirine light brighter than the starshine.
: Tantris pranced and arched his neck, and one of his sapphirine eyes flashed a teasing look up at his Chosen.
His sapphirine-blue eyes, the cleft, or dimple, in his strong chin, his thick sable hair, and muscular but symmetrical frame are additional attractions to me and, I regret to say, to innumerable other females.
There were moments amid the deepening darkness when it seemed virtually impossible to reach the summit; the stars now lighted a glowing sapphirine sky, but that only made the venerable town in all its majesty seem ever more unattainable.