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Spinel
Spinel Spi*nel", Spinelle Spi*nelle", n. [F. spinelle, or
LL. spinellus, perhaps from L. spina a thorn, a prickle, in
allusion to its pointed crystals.] (Min.)
A mineral occuring in octahedrons of great hardness and
various colors, as red, green, blue, brown, and black, the
red variety being the gem spinel ruby. It consist essentially
of alumina and magnesia, but commonly contains iron and
sometimes also chromium.
Note: The spinel group includes spinel proper, also
magnetite, chromite, franklinite, gahnite, etc., all of
which may be regarded as composed of a sesquioxide and
a protoxide in equal proportions.
Spinel
Spinel Spin"el, n.
Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle;
unwrought inkle. --Knight.
Meaning of Spinels from wikipedia
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locations around the world,
spinels have been
discovered with
unusual vivid pink or blue colors. Such "glowing"
spinels are
known from
Mogok (Myanmar)...
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Chromium spinels: Chromite: FeCr2O4 Magnesiochromite: MgCr2O4 Zincochromite: ZnCr2O4
Cobalt spinels: Manganesecobaltite: Mn1.5Co1.5O4
Vanadium spinels: Coulsonite:...
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Spinelly is a surname.
Notable people with the
surname include: Andrée
Spinelly (1877–1966),
French actress Thomas Spinelly,
English diplomat Spinelli...
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Samarian Spinel is a 500-carat (100 g)
spinel gemstone that is the
largest of its kind in the world. It is part of the
Iranian Crown Jewels. It and...
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Black Prince's Ruby in the
British Imperial State Crown, are
actually spinels.
These were once
known as "Balas rubies". The
quality of a ruby is determined...
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Marie of
Romania Sapphire Samarian Spinel, the world's
largest spinel Menshikov Ruby, the world's
second largest spinel set on top of the
Great Imperial...
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project them onto others. The main
antagonist of
Steven Universe: The Movie,
Spinel (voiced by
Sarah Stiles) was
created to be Pink Diamond's
playmate on Homeworld...
- (aluminium oxide),
mixed with
other minerals such as the iron-bearing
spinels, hercynite, and magnetite, and also
rutile (titania).
Industrial emery...
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October 1945. Upon
noticing inconsistencies between the
taaffeite and
spinels,
Taaffe sent some
examples to B. W.
Anderson of the
Laboratory of the London...
- Sir
Thomas Spinelly was
Henry VIII of England’s
representative in the Low
Countries in 1510 and to
Spain in 1517–8.
Robert Hutchinson, ‘’Young Henry’’...
