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balas-ruby

noun

Definitions

  1. A rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a type of ruby.

    • In shape it is a tiny square box of silver, studded outside with eight small balas-rubies.
    • Richard II had a coat, valued at thirty thousand marks, which was covered with balas rubies.

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