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Webster 1913 Edition

Rubellite

Ru′bel-lite

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Noun.
[L.
rubellus
reddish, dim. of
ruber
red.]
(Min.)
A variety of tourmaline varying in color from a pale rose to a deep ruby, and containing lithium.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rubellite

RU'BELLITE

,
Noun.
[from L. rubeus, red.] A silicious mineral of a red color of various shades; the red shorl; siberite. It occurs in accumulated groups of a middle or large size, with straight tubular-like stria. In a red heat, it becomes snow-white and seems to phosphoresce.
Rubellite is red tourmaline.

Definition 2024

rubellite

rubellite

English

Noun

rubellite ‎(plural rubellites)

  1. a red to violet variety of tourmaline used as a gemstone

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