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b. Mineralogy. Used as a general name for all the precious transparent varieties of native crystalline alumina, including the ruby. A colourless variety is called white sapphire or water sapphire n.

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sapphire1668

telesia1801

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 68 Saphire White.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 215 There are three sorts, one perfect Blue, and very hard... The second is perfect White, and very hard... The third, called Water-Saphires, are of small Esteem, being not so hard as the other, and commonly of a dead Waterish Colour.

1829 J. Crawfurd Jrnl. Embassy to Court of Ava (1834) II. 201 All the varieties of the sapphire, as well as the spinelle, are found together.

1834 J. R. McCulloch Dict. Commerce (ed. 2) (at cited word) The red sapphire, or Oriental ruby.

white sapphire n. a colourless variety of corundum lacking the impurities responsible for the blue colour of ordinary sapphire.

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white sapphire1558

salamstone1816

water sapphire1888

1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount vi. f. 118 (heading) To counterfayte a Diamonde, with a white Saphyre.

1699 tr. H. de Blancourt Art of Glass cxliv. 199 The White Sapphire being fine and fixed, is only imperfect, by reason of its wanting colour and hardness, which may be remedied by means of Art.

1775 tr. Valuable Secrets Arts & Trades 69 How to make white Sapphires.

1884 E. W. Streeter Precious Stones (ed. 4) iii. ii. 160 The varieties of Precious Corundum ascertained to exist in the Burmese dominions are..the Star Ruby, the Green, the Yellow, and the White Sapphires, [etc.].

1942 B. W. Anderson Gem Testing for Jewellers ix. 88 Perfectly colourless corundum, usually referred to as ‘White Sapphire’, is not common in nature.

2012 Westmorland Gaz. (Nexis) 21 Apr. The ring is of gilded silver and set with a gemstone of white rock crystal or white sapphire.

单词	white sapphire
释义	> as lemmas white sapphire b. Mineralogy. Used as a general name for all the precious transparent varieties of native crystalline alumina, including the ruby. A colourless variety is called white sapphire or water sapphire n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > corundum gemstones > [noun] sapphire1668 telesia1801 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 68 Saphire White. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 215 There are three sorts, one perfect Blue, and very hard... The second is perfect White, and very hard... The third, called Water-Saphires, are of small Esteem, being not so hard as the other, and commonly of a dead Waterish Colour. 1829 J. Crawfurd Jrnl. Embassy to Court of Ava (1834) II. 201 All the varieties of the sapphire, as well as the spinelle, are found together. 1834 J. R. McCulloch Dict. Commerce (ed. 2) (at cited word) The red sapphire, or Oriental ruby. extracted from sapphiren. white sapphire white sapphire n. a colourless variety of corundum lacking the impurities responsible for the blue colour of ordinary sapphire. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > corundum gemstones > [noun] > sapphire > types of white sapphire1558 salamstone1816 water sapphire1888 1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount vi. f. 118 (heading) To counterfayte a Diamonde, with a white Saphyre. 1699 tr. H. de Blancourt Art of Glass cxliv. 199 The White Sapphire being fine and fixed, is only imperfect, by reason of its wanting colour and hardness, which may be remedied by means of Art. 1775 tr. Valuable Secrets Arts & Trades 69 How to make white Sapphires. 1884 E. W. Streeter Precious Stones (ed. 4) iii. ii. 160 The varieties of Precious Corundum ascertained to exist in the Burmese dominions are..the Star Ruby, the Green, the Yellow, and the White Sapphires, [etc.]. 1942 B. W. Anderson Gem Testing for Jewellers ix. 88 Perfectly colourless corundum, usually referred to as ‘White Sapphire’, is not common in nature. 2012 Westmorland Gaz. (Nexis) 21 Apr. The ring is of gilded silver and set with a gemstone of white rock crystal or white sapphire. extracted from whiteadj.adv.n. < as lemmas
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