balas (Noun) A type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby now usually used attributively: balas-ruby.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary📕
balas bal′as, n. a variety of the spinel ruby.
[O. Fr. balais (It. balascio)—Low L.
balascus—Pers. Badakhshān, a place near
Samarcand where they are found.]
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