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rubellite

American  
[roo-bel-ahyt, roo-buh-lahyt] / ruˈbɛl aɪt, ˈru bəˌlaɪt /

noun

  1. a deep-red variety of tourmaline, used as a gem.


rubellite British  
/ ruːˈbɛl-, ˈruːbɪˌlaɪt /

noun

  1. a red transparent variety of tourmaline, used as a gemstone

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of rubellite

1790–1800; < Latin rubell ( us ) reddish ( see rubella) + -ite 1

Example Sentences

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Pink sapphire, rose quartz, star ruby, rhodonite, rubellite, pink tourmaline and — last but certainly not least — pink diamonds.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2022

Pliny puts this stone amongst carbuncles, but it is much more probably rubellite, that is to say, red tourmaline.

From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William

Tourmaline or rubellite is found on the borders of the Ruby Mines district and in the Shan State of M�ng L�ng.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

What if the scientist of the future be destined to discover that the diamond, and it alone, is a specific for cholera, that powdered rubellite cures fever, and the chryso-beryl gout?

From Prince Zaleski by Shiel, M. P. (Matthew Phipps)

The red of the rubellite should not deceive anyone who has ever seen a fine corundum ruby.

From A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public by Wade, Frank Bertram

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