[ad. older F. espinelle, mod.F. spinelle: see SPINEL.]

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  1.  = SPINEL 1.

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1555.  Eden, Decades (Arb.), 264. There is also … an other kynde of Rubies which wee caule Spinelle.

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1599.  Hakluyt, Voy., II. I. 264. There is great store of rubies, saphires, and spinelles in this Iland.

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1600.  in Nichols, Progr. Q. Eliz. (1823), III. 454. One jewell of golde, garnished with two spynnelles and sparkes of dyamondes about yt.

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1684.  R. Waller, Nat. Exper., 128. The Spinelle, and the Ruby Baleis.

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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.

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1802.  [see 1 b].

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1876.  Encycl. Brit., IV. 552/2. [In Burmah are] found … different varieties of chrysoberyl and spinelle.

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  b.  Spinelle ruby, = SPINEL 1 b and 2 (cf. next).

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1802.  Phil. Trans., XCII. 305. The first of these substances … is the spinelle ruby, now generally known by the name of spinelle.

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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.

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1854.  J. Scoffern, in Orr’s Cir. Sci., Chem., 448. It [chromate of iron] occurs crystallized in regular octahedrons, being … the analogue of magnetic oxide of iron, and the spinelle ruby.

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  2.  Min. = SPINEL 2.

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1804.  R. Jameson, Min., I. 78. Spinelle…. Its principal colour is red.

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1823.  H. J. Brooke, Introd. Crystallogr., 82. The octahedron will therefore … be adopted as the primary form of spinelle and red oxide of copper.

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1876.  Page, Adv. Text-bk. Geol., vii. 146. Many of the older lavas yield agates, chalcedony, leucite, spinelle, olivine, and other precious minerals.

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