water sapphire

Other forms: water sapphires

Definitions of water sapphire
  1. noun
    a deep blue cordierite often used as a gemstone
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    type of:
    cordierite
    a blue mineral of magnesium and iron and aluminum and silicon and oxygen; often used as a gemstone
    transparent gem
    a gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion
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