'Balas ruby' definitions:
Definition of 'balas ruby'
From: WordNet
noun
A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel [syn: balas, balas ruby]
Definition of 'Balas ruby'
From: GCIDE
- Balas ruby \Bal"as ru`by\ [OE. bales, balais, F. balais, LL. balascus, fr. Ar. balakhsh, so called from Badakhshan, Balashan, or Balaxiam, a place in the neighborhood of Samarkand, where this ruby is found.] (Min.) A variety of spinel ruby, of a pale rose red, or inclining to orange. See Spinel. [1913 Webster]