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Definition of Rubicelle
1. Noun. A yellow or orange variety of ruby spinel.
Definition of Rubicelle
1. n. A variety of ruby of a yellowish red color, from Brazil.
Definition of Rubicelle
1. Noun. (minerology) An orange-red spinel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Rubicelle
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rubicelle
Literary usage of Rubicelle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"... rubicelle (an orange-red or yellow variety of ruby spinel) ; quartz colored red.
ruban, m. ribbon; tape; band, strip, strap. ru bane, a. ribboned; ..."
2. A Book of Precious Stones: The Identification of Gems and Gem Minerals, and by Julius Wodiska (1918)
"Some dealers call reddish spinels "Balas ruby" (rose red), and orange red
ones "rubicelle." Violet red spinel is sometimes called "almandine spinel. ..."
3. Gems by Helen Barlett Bridgman (1916)
"The spinel of a pronounced shade of yellow is called rubicelle. ... The name
vermeille, applied by the French to certain garnets, is likened to rubicelle. ..."
4. Handbook of Geological Terms, Geology and Physical Geography by David Page (1865)
"It is customary to distinguish the rose-red varieties as Balas-niby ; the yellow
or orange-red as rubicelle ; and the violet as Almandine ruby; ..."
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