† siberiten.
Mineralogy. Obsolete.
= rubellite n.
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schorla1773
rubellite1794
siberite1802
indicolite1808
zeuxite1836
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red tourmaline1768
rubellite1794
siberite1802
indicolite1808
zeuxite1836
achroite1850
1802 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 92 316 The tourmalin of a purplish red colour..is exactly similar to that of Siberia, to which the names of rubellite, of daourite, and of Siberite, have been successively given.
1823 W. Phillips Elem. Introd. Mineral. (ed. 3) 127 Rubellite..occurs in a granite mountain in the Uralian chain in Siberia,..whence this mineral has been also called Siberite.
1868 in H. Watts Dict. Chem.
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