| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| RUBY | Red gem | |
| GARNET | Deep red gem | |
| HYACINTH | A red variety of zircon, sometimes used as a gem. See Zircon. | |
| PYROPE | A variety of garnet, of a poppy or blood-red color, frequently with a tinge of orange. It is used as a gem. See the Note under Garnet. | |
| ZIRCON | ...ly of a brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A red variety, used as a gem, is called hyacinth. Colorless, pale-yellow or ... | |
| SPINELLE | A mineral occuring in octahedrons of great hardness and various colors, as red, green, blue, brown, and black, the red variety being the gem sp... | |
| CARBUNCLE | A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun... | |