Rubellite. A variety of tourmaline varying in color from a pale rose red to a deep ruby, and containing lithium. It is a little more valuable than the garnet.

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“Not a drop of rain falls in the sandy desert or on the barren rock, however useless it may seem to be, that is not seen to be of value by God, and that is not designated to accomplish some important purpose there.”
–Albert Barnes, Notes, Job 38:26