Antieke juwelen glossarium
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Ruby spinel

A misnomer for a variety of spinel whose colour is very close to the ruby-red of a ruby. It also resembles in colour the garnet. It is sometimes called a balas ruby.

From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson