salamstonen.
/səˈlamstəʊn/ Mineralogy.
A blue variety of sapphire from Sri Lanka (Ceylon).
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white sapphire1558
salamstone1816
water sapphire1888
1816 R. Jameson Min. (ed. 2) I. 32 Werner has formed a new subspecies of spinel, under the name Salamstone, which is the Indian name of that mineral.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 743 Salamstone is a variety which consists of small transparent crystals..of pale reddish and bluish colours.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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