rubellite

American  

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

noun

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

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rubellite British  

/ ruːˈbɛl-, ˈruːbɪˌlaɪt /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of rubellite

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

Example Sentences

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

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)

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

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