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Balas ruby

Balas ruby Meaning & Definition
Balas ruby Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Balas ruby?

[n] a pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel

Synonyms | Synonyms for Balas ruby: balas

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See Also | ruby spinel | spinel ruby

Balas ruby In Webster's Dictionary

\Bal"as ru`by\ [OE. bales, balais, F. balais, LL. balascus, fr. Ar. balakhsh, so called from Badakhshan, Balashan, or Balaxiam, a place in the neighborhood of Samarcand, where this ruby is found.] (Min.) A variety of spinel ruby, of a pale rose red, or inclining to orange. See {Spinel}.

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