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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..

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..

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..

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

Rubin :: Rubin (n.) A ruby.

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

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

Ruby :: Ruby (n.) That which has the color of the ruby, as red wine. Hence, a red blain or carbuncle..

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

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

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

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..

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

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

Balas Ruby :: Balas ruby () A variety of spinel ruby, of a pale rose red, or inclining to orange. See Spinel..

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

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

Rubythroat :: Rubythroat (n.) Any one of numerous species of humming birds belonging to Trochilus, Calypte, Stellula, and allies, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections; esp., the common humming bird of the Eastern United States (Trochilus colubris)..

Ruby :: Ruby (n.) Any species of South American humming birds of the genus Clytolaema. The males have a ruby-colored throat or breast.

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

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