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Vanadinite :: Vanadinite (n.) A mineral occurring in yellowish, and ruby-red hexagonal crystals. It consist of lead vanadate with a small proportion of lead chloride..

Schmelze :: Schmelze (n.) A kind of glass of a red or ruby color, made in Bohemia..

Proustite :: Proustite (n.) A sulphide of arsenic and silver of a beautiful cochineal-red color, occurring in rhombohedral crystals, and also massive; ruby silver..

Espinel :: Espinel (n.) A kind of ruby. See Spinel.

Corundum :: Corundum (n.) The earth alumina, as found native in a crystalline state, including sapphire, which is the fine blue variety; the oriental ruby, or red sapphire; the oriental amethyst, or purple sapphire; and adamantine spar, the hair-brown variety. It is the hardest substance found native, next to the diamond..

Ruby-tailed :: Ruby-tailed (a.) Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red..

Rubelet :: Rubelet (n.) A little ruby.

Ruby :: Ruby (v. t.) To make red; to redden.

Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet..

Gem :: Gem (n.) A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc., especially when cut and polished for ornament; a jewel..

Agate :: Agate (n.) A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby..

Rubytail :: Rubytail (n.) A European gold wasp (Chrysis ignita) which has the under side of the abdomen bright red, and the other parts deep bluish green with a metallic luster. The larva is parasitic in the nests of other wasps and of bees..

Pyrargyrite :: Pyrargyrite (n.) Ruby silver; dark red silver ore. It is a sulphide of antimony and silver, occurring in rhombohedral crystals or massive, and is of a dark red or black color with a metallic adamantine luster..

Rubellite :: Rubellite (n.) A variety of tourmaline varying in color from a pale rose to a deep ruby, and containing lithium..

Ruby :: Ruby (n.) See Agate, n., 2..

Rubywood :: Rubywood (n.) red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood.

Ruby :: Ruby (a.) Ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips..

Ruby :: Ruby (n.) The color of a ruby; carmine red; a red tint.

Rubying :: Rubying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rub.

Nonpareil :: Nonpareil (a.) A size of type next smaller than minion and next larger than agate (or ruby).

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