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Verneuil process

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[vur-noi, ver--yuh] / vɜrˈnɔɪ, vɛrˈnœ jə /

noun

  1. a process for making synthetic rubies, sapphires, spinels, etc., by the fusion at high temperatures of powdered compounds.


Etymology

Origin of Verneuil process

Named after A.V.L. Verneuil, 19th-century French mineralogist

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