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

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Rubellite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “rubellite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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