Rubellite: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit |
No edit summary Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
== Name == |
== Name == |
||
Rubellite is named after the Latin word for red.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book|last=Oldershaw|first=Cally|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wm_X_LzoN-cC&pg=PA132&dq=Rubellite&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&redir_esc=y|title=Firefly Guide to Gems|date=2003|publisher=Firefly Books|isbn=978-1-55297-814-6|pages=132|language=en}}</ref> |
Rubellite is named after the Latin word for red.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book|last=Oldershaw|first=Cally|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wm_X_LzoN-cC&pg=PA132&dq=Rubellite&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&redir_esc=y|title=Firefly Guide to Gems|date=2003|publisher=Firefly Books|isbn=978-1-55297-814-6|pages=132|language=en}}</ref> |
||
== Value == |
|||
Rubellite is the most expansive and prized gem in the tourmaline.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Federman|first=David|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=flqvBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA163&dq=Rubellite&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&redir_esc=y|title=Modern Jeweler’s Consumer Guide to Colored Gemstones|date=2012-12-06|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4684-6488-7|pages=163|language=en}}</ref> The most valuable rubellites are those that are colored red and have no brown.<ref name=":12">{{Cite book|last=Grande|first=Lance|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RnE9Fa4pbn0C&pg=PA147&dq=Rubellite&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&redir_esc=y|title=Gems and Gemstones: Timeless Natural Beauty of the Mineral World|last2=Augustyn|first2=Allison|date=2009-11-15|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-30511-0|pages=147|language=en}}</ref> |
|||
== References == |
== References == |
||
Revision as of 19:31, 13 August 2021
Rubellite is the red or pink variety of tourmaline and is a member of elbaite. Rubellite is also the rarest gem in its gem family.[1] It is occasionally mistaken for ruby.[2]
Name
Rubellite is named after the Latin word for red.[3]
Value
Rubellite is the most expansive and prized gem in the tourmaline.[4] The most valuable rubellites are those that are colored red and have no brown.[5]
References
- ^ Oldershaw, Cally (2003). Firefly Guide to Gems. Firefly Books. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-55297-814-6.
- ^ Grande, Lance; Augustyn, Allison (2009-11-15). Gems and Gemstones: Timeless Natural Beauty of the Mineral World. University of Chicago Press. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-226-30511-0.
- ^ Oldershaw, Cally (2003). Firefly Guide to Gems. Firefly Books. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-55297-814-6.
- ^ Federman, David (2012-12-06). Modern Jeweler’s Consumer Guide to Colored Gemstones. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-4684-6488-7.
- ^ Grande, Lance; Augustyn, Allison (2009-11-15). Gems and Gemstones: Timeless Natural Beauty of the Mineral World. University of Chicago Press. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-226-30511-0.