rubellite
Americannoun
noun
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
Red tourmaline is, however, sometimes called "rubellite," and white tourmaline has been called "achroite."
From A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public by Wade, Frank Bertram
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
A very beautiful rose-colored rubellite from the Urals was observed, also a green beryl valued at twenty-five thousand dollars.
From Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Ballou, Maturin Murray
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