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rubasse

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ru⋅basse

  [roo-bas, -bahs]
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–noun
a variety of bright-red rock crystal.
Origin:
1885–90; < F rubace, appar. deriv. of rubis ruby
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ru·basse   (rōō-bās', rōō'bās')   
n.  A variety of quartz colored ruby red by its iron-oxide content.

[French rubace, from rubis, ruby; see ruby.]
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