Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The red variety of tourmaline, used as a gemstone.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A red or pink variety of tourmalin found on the island of Elba, in Siberia, in Brazil, and at Paris in Maine. The ruby in the imperial crown of Russia is believed to be a rubellite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A variety of tourmaline varying in color from a pale rose to a deep ruby, and containing lithium.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
red toviolet variety oftourmaline used as agemstone
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It is impossible to say, with any certainty, what stone is denoted by the Hebrew term; but perhaps tourmaline, or more definitely the red variety known as rubellite, has better claims than any other mineral.
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Pink tourmaline, also referred to as rubellite, became popular in jewellery at the end of the 19th century and was also often used in Chinese carvings, frequently in association with jade.
WalesOnline - Home 2010
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This is a rubellite, a kind of tourmaline, red, with hexagonal long prismatic crystals.
The Best American Poetry 2010 Amy Gerstler 2010
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This is a rubellite, a kind of tourmaline, red, with hexagonal long prismatic crystals.
The Best American Poetry 2010 Amy Gerstler 2010
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This is a rubellite, a kind of tourmaline, red, with hexagonal long prismatic crystals.
The Best American Poetry 2010 Amy Gerstler 2010
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Between these lurid streams, underlying translucent colors and textures teasingly appeared: glassy seracs of ruby and rubellite, rounded moraines in blue tourmaline and amethyst.
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The red of the rubellite should not deceive anyone who has ever seen a fine corundum ruby.
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
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Tourmaline or rubellite is found on the borders of the Ruby Mines district and in the Shan State of
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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Tourmaline of the reddish variety (rubellite) is seldom of a deep red.
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
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We were drawn to the orange hue of the natural amber and the rose color of the rubellite tourmaline, which are traditional Indian colors.
unknown title 2009
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