spinel
/spɪˈnɛl/ · noun
Meaning
- Any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium and are used as gemstones of various colours.
- Any crystalline material, not necessarily an oxide, that possesses the same crystal structure as this mineral.
- Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.
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