Pink tourmaline, also referred to as rubellite, became popular in jewellery at the end of the 19th century and was also often used in Chinese carvings, frequently in association with jade.    From Wordnik.com.  [WalesOnline - Home] Reference

It is impossible to say, with any certainty, what stone is denoted by the Hebrew term; but perhaps tourmaline, or more definitely the red variety known as rubellite, has better claims than any other mineral.    From Wordnik.com.  [Smith's Bible Dictionary] Reference

Tourmaline of the reddish variety (rubellite) is seldom of a deep red.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference

This is a rubellite, a kind of tourmaline, red, with hexagonal long prismatic crystals.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Best American Poetry 2010] Reference

The red of the rubellite should not deceive anyone who has ever seen a fine corundum ruby.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference

Tourmaline or rubellite is found on the borders of the Ruby Mines district and in the Shan State of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference

Between these lurid streams, underlying translucent colors and textures teasingly appeared: glassy seracs of ruby and rubellite, rounded moraines in blue tourmaline and amethyst.    From Wordnik.com.  [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]

A delicately-crafted sequence from the Ramayana depicting Ram, Lakshman, Sita and Hanuman on a single mount in red tourmaline or rubellite changes colour when held against the light.    From Wordnik.com.  [India eNews] Reference

Ah, what a beautiful pink rubellite!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sara, a Princess] Reference

(2) spinel (balas ruby), (3) tourmaline (rubellite), (4) true topaz.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference

Thus we have "cape ruby" and "Arizona ruby" (pyrope garnet), "spinel ruby" (more properly ruby spinel), "Siam ruby" (very dark red corundum), "Ceylon ruby" (pale pinkish corundum), rubellite (pink tourmaline), and lastly Burmah ruby.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference