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Definition of Sapphires
1. sapphire [n] - See also: sapphire
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sapphires
Literary usage of Sapphires
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"Like that, it U formed in two pieces with a hinge, to adapt it to the head of
the wearer. The hoop is set with fifty-four gems, rubies, sapphires, emeralds, ..."
2. The Mineral Resources of New South Wales by Geological Survey of New South Wales, Edward Fisher Pittman (1901)
"Fine sapphires occur in the Zanskar Range in the Kashmir Himalayas, ... The first
record of the discovery cf sapphires in Australia is contained in a report ..."
3. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1893)
"It is enriched with thirty uncut sapphires of large size, alternating with as
many very large Oriental pearls, forming three rows. ..."
4. The Mineral Resources of New South Wales by Geological Survey of New South Wales, Edward Fisher Pittman (1901)
"Fine sapphires occur in the Zanskar Range in the Kashmir Himalayas, ... The first
record of the discovery of sapphires in Australia is contained in a report ..."
5. Precious Stones and Gems: Their History, Sources and Characteristics by Edwin William Streeter (1892)
"The finest sapphires are obtained at the present day from certain mines in the
... So extensive is the trade in Siamese sapphires that one of the principal ..."
6. Precious Stones and Gems: Their History, Sources and Characteristics by Edwin William Streeter (1898)
"Unfortunately the sapphires were mostly either too dark or too pale in colour,
... BURMA sapphires. It is well known that sapphires are found, ..."
7. Precious Stones and Gems: Their History, Sources and Characteristics by Edwin William Streeter (1898)
"Unfortunately the sapphires were mostly either too dark or too pale in colour,
... BURMA sapphires. It is well known that sapphires are found, ..."
8. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"Like that, it U formed in two pieces with a hinge, to adapt it to the head of
the wearer. The hoop is set with fifty-four gems, rubies, sapphires, emeralds, ..."
9. The Mineral Resources of New South Wales by Geological Survey of New South Wales, Edward Fisher Pittman (1901)
"Fine sapphires occur in the Zanskar Range in the Kashmir Himalayas, ... The first
record of the discovery cf sapphires in Australia is contained in a report ..."
10. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1893)
"It is enriched with thirty uncut sapphires of large size, alternating with as
many very large Oriental pearls, forming three rows. ..."
11. The Mineral Resources of New South Wales by Geological Survey of New South Wales, Edward Fisher Pittman (1901)
"Fine sapphires occur in the Zanskar Range in the Kashmir Himalayas, ... The first
record of the discovery of sapphires in Australia is contained in a report ..."
12. Precious Stones and Gems: Their History, Sources and Characteristics by Edwin William Streeter (1892)
"The finest sapphires are obtained at the present day from certain mines in the
... So extensive is the trade in Siamese sapphires that one of the principal ..."
13. Precious Stones and Gems: Their History, Sources and Characteristics by Edwin William Streeter (1898)
"Unfortunately the sapphires were mostly either too dark or too pale in colour,
... BURMA sapphires. It is well known that sapphires are found, ..."
14. Precious Stones and Gems: Their History, Sources and Characteristics by Edwin William Streeter (1898)
"Unfortunately the sapphires were mostly either too dark or too pale in colour,
... BURMA sapphires. It is well known that sapphires are found, ..."
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