rubellite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rubellite
1790–1800; < Latin rubell ( us ) reddish ( see rubella) + -ite 1
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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
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 M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel
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 Frank Bertram Wade
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 William Gilbert
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 Frank Bertram Wade
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