sapphire
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A clear deep blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
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A clear deep blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.
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A white, yellow, or purple variety of corundum, either clear or translucent.
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A deep blue colour.
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Azure, when blazoning by precious stones.
Elgin. Topaz a Saltier and Chief Ruby, on a Canton Pearl a Lyon Rampant Saphyr, which last is their paternal Coat; […]
3. Saphire, ten Bezants, 4, 3, 2, 1, by the Bisset.
(2) Topaz, a Chief Indented, Saphire.
Topaz, on a Cross, Sapphire, a Crosier thrust through a Mitre, Topaz.
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Any hummingbird in the genera Hylocharis and Chlorestes, as well as the rufous-throated sapphire, which is now in the genus Amazilia.
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Any of the butterflies in the southern Asian lycaenid genus Heliophorus or the African lycaenid genus Iolaus.
Etimologia
From Middle English saphir, from Old French saphir, from Latin sapphir, sappir, sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros, “precious stone, gem”), from a Semitic language such as Hebrew סַפִּיר (sappī́r, “lapis lazuli”), originally from Assyrian Akkadian šipirtu (“lapis lazuli”).
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of a deep blue colour.
At about eleven, we uncaged our pigeons, who flew away into the sapphire sky that hung like a sail from the white peaks.
They awoke to panoramic views of a national park's tropical forests, the Gulf of Paria's shallows and the Caribbean's sparkling sapphire waters.
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pertaining to a 45th year
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sapphire · A clear deep blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
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