Spinel

Definition of Spinel

Spin´el
n.1.(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.
1.Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.

Related Words

atomic number 12, Ceylonite, magnesium, Mg, mineral, pleonaste, ruby spinel, spinel ruby
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