rubellite

English

Etymology

Latin rubellus (“reddish”) +‎ -ite

Noun

rubellite (countable and uncountable, plural rubellites)

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

Further reading
  • “Rubellite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “rubellite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

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