spinelle
(spɪˈnɛl)
[ad. older F. espinelle, mod.F. spinelle: see spinel.]
1. = spinel 1.
| 1555 Eden Decades (Arb.) 264 There is also..an other kynde of Rubies which wee caule Spinelle. 1599 Hakluyt Voy. II. i. 264 There is great store of rubies, saphires, and spinelles in this Iland. 1600 in Nichols Progr. Q. Eliz. (1823) III. 454 One jewell of golde, garnished with two spynnelles and sparkes of dyamondes about yt. 1684 R. Waller Nat. Exper. 128 The Spinelle, and the Ruby Baleis. 1796 Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) I. 253 By Mr. Klaproth the spinelle which he analyzed..contained, 0,7635 argill, 0,1568 silex, 0,0263 of iron, and 0,0128 calx. 1802 [see 1 b]. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 552/2 [In Burmah are] found..different varieties of chrysoberyl and spinelle. |
b. spinelle ruby = spinel 1 b and 2 (cf. next).
| 1802 Phil. Trans. XCII. 305 The first of these substances..is the spinelle ruby, now generally known by the name of spinelle. 1829 Crawfurd Jrnl. Emb. to Crt. of Ava (1834) II. 201 The precious stones ascertained to exist in the Burmese territory are chiefly those of the sapphire family and the spinelle ruby. 1855 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circ. Sci., Chem. 448 Chromate of iron..occurs crystallized in regular octahedrons, being..the analogue of magnetic oxide of iron, and the spinelle ruby. |
2. Min. = spinel 2.
| 1804 R. Jameson Min. I. 78 Spinelle... Its principal colour is red. 1823 H. J. Brooke Introd. Crystallogr. 82 The octahedron will therefore..be adopted as the primary form of spinelle and red oxide of copper. 1876 Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. vii. 146 Many of the older lavas yield agates, chalcedony, leucite, spinelle, olivine, and other precious minerals. |