# sapphirine

> a rare mineral of the sapphirine supergroup, single chain inosilicate mineral with polytopes 1A, 2M, 3A, 4M, 5A; a silicate of magnesium and aluminium, (Mg,Al)₈(Al,Si)₆O₂₀ (with Fe as a major impurity); named after its sapphire-like colour

**Wikidata**: [Q419794](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q419794)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapphirine)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/sapphirine


## References

1. The IMA List of Minerals (November 2018)
2. A Dictionary of the Names of Minerals
3. Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species 2014
4. mineralienatlas.de
5. IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007)
6. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
7. Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982)
8. GF WordNet
9. IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols