† siˈberite Min. Obs.
[f. Siber-ia + -ite; named by C. Lermina (1799).]
= rubellite.
| 1802 Phil. Trans. XCII. 316 The tourmalin of a purplish red colour..is exactly similar to that of Siberia, to which the names of rubellite, of daourite, and of Siberite, have been successively given. 1823 W. Phillips Min. (ed. 3) 127 Rubellite..occurs in a granite mountain in the Uralian chain in Siberia,..whence this mineral has been also called Siberite. 1868 Watts Dict. Chem. |