Spinely vs Spinel - What's the difference?
spinely | spinel |
Like or resembling a spine; spinal.
*2010 , Phil Drake, Fat Chance :
(mineralogy) Any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium and are used as gemstones of various colours.
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, magazine=(American Scientist)
(solid state chemistry) 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.
As an adjective spinely
is like or resembling a spine; spinal.As a noun spinel is
(mineralogy) any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium and are used as gemstones of various colours.spinely
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Some say the mountains grew from a molehill: a tiny little bump in the road that at one time could have been removed easily. But the molehill grew, nearly overnight, and became a spooky and spinely , foreboding range known as the Belgies.
spinel
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(wikipedia spinel)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel , tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)}}
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