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rubicelle|ˈruːbɪsɛl|
Also 7 rubacel, 8 -celle; 8–9 rubicel(l.
[a. F. rubicelle, rubacelle, app. a dim. of rubis ruby, or of rubace in the same sense.]
A variety of spinel, of a yellow or orange-red colour.
1671Phillips, Rubace, and Rubacel, the name of a pretious stone that hath usually a kind of yellowish colour about the extremities of it. 1748J. Hill Hist. Fossils 590 They also know two other Stones under the same general name of Rubies, calling them the Rock Ruby and the Rubacelle; but these are not of the Ruby kind. 1802Willich Dom. Encycl. III. 512/1 The rubicell is of a reddish-yellow, and is..obtained from the Brazils. 1856Dana Min. (ed. 3) 130 Jewellers..call the paler ones, balas ruby; and those which incline to an orange tint, they denominate rubicelle. 1897Edin. Rev. Oct. 342 Several other colours are distinguished, as for instance the rubicelle. |