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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tourmaline has 1 sense
- tourmaline(n = noun.substance) - a mineral that is a complex borosilicate and hydroxide of aluminum containing iron and magnesium and calcium and lithium and sodium; it is usually black but occurs in transparent colored forms that are used as gemstones; is a kind of mineral, transparent gem
has particulars: schorl
CIDE DICTIONARY
tourmaline, n. [F. tourmaline, cf. It. turmalina, tormalina, NL. turmalina, turmalinus; all fr. tournamal, a name given to this stone in Ceylon.].
A mineral occurring usually in three-sided or six-sided prisms terminated by rhombohedral or scalenohedral planes. Black tourmaline (schorl) is the most common variety, but there are also other varieties, as the blue (indicolite), red (rubellite), also green, brown, and white. The red and green varieties when transparent are valued as jewels. [1913 Webster]
" Crystals of tourmaline when heated exhibit electric polarity (see Pyroelectric , n. ). Tourmaline is also used in the form of a polariscope called tourmaline tongs."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
tourmaline, n. a boron aluminium silicate mineral of various colours, possessing unusual electrical properties, and used in electrical and optical instruments and as a gemstone.
Etymology
F f. Sinh. toramalli porcelain