spinel

Etymology
, perhaps from , in allusion to its pointed crystals.

Noun

 * 1)  Any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium and are used as gemstones of various colours.
 * 2)  Any crystalline material, not necessarily an oxide, that possesses the same crystal structure as this mineral.
 * 3)  Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.
 * 1)  Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian: шпине́л
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: σπινέλιος
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: スピネル, 尖晶石
 * Korean: 첨정석(尖晶石)
 * Persian: ,
 * Portuguese: espinela
 * Russian:
 * Sinhalese: කිරිංචි
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: spinell
 * Thai: สปิเนล
 * Uzbek:

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) spindle

Etymology
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