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adjective

Firmly, often unreasonably immovable in purpose or will: adamant, brassbound, die-hard, grim, implacable, incompliant, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, iron, obdurate, relentless, remorseless, rigid, stubborn, unbendable, unbending, uncompliant, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding. Idioms: stubborn as amuleox. See resist/yield.

The word used to describe a very high luster, like the luster of a diamond. It is a submetallic luster on a translucent material.

Pertaining to the enamel of the teeth.

Adamantine can mean:

• Adamant, mythical material adamant or adamantine
• Adamantine Spar, mineral adamantine spar, a variety of Corundum
• Adamantine lustre, non-metallic, brilliant light reflecting & transmitting properties of minerals

See also

• Adamantine (veneer)
• Adamantine, a song by the band Thirty Ought Six
• Adamantium, a fictional metal
• Adamantane, a bulky hydrocarbon
• Diamantina, Minas Gerais (Portuguese for "Adamantine"), a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Brazil
• Adamantinoma, a form of bone cancer

For other uses of adamant, adamantium, and similar terms, see Adamant (disambiguation).

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