white sapphire
Americannoun
noun
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Lily stood staring vacantly at the white sapphire on its velvet bed.
From House of Mirth by Wharton, Edith
Ebelmen produced the white sapphire and rose-coloured spinel by fusing the constituents at a high temperature in boracic acid.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
A tablet of gold with one white sapphire and one blue one.
From Ten Girls from History by Sweetser, Kate Dickinson
In the light colored stones and in white sapphire, the difficulty is greater, as there are no color variations in the latter case.
From A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public by Wade, Frank Bertram
It has been produced artificially by adding iron instead of chromium to the matrix from which the white sapphire crystallizes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
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