rubellite
/ˈruːbəlʌɪt
/noun [mass noun]
A red variety of tourmaline.As supplies ran short the Nigerian miners found a new source of tourmaline in brownish-red to red colors, some of which is considered to be rubellite.
Origin
Late 18th century: from Latin rubellus 'reddish' + -ite1.
- get hitched
- get hold of
- get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick
- Gethsemane, Garden of
- get in
- get in on
- get in on the ground floor
- get in there
- get in with
- get it in one
- get it on
- get it up
- get knotted
- get laid
- get lost
- get lucky
- get moving
- get nicked
- get no change out of
- get off
- get off at Redfern
- get off on
- get off one's arse
- get off one's bike
- get off the dime