tourmaline

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English

Bi-colored tourmaline crystal, 2 cm long.

Etymology

From French tourmaline, ultimately from Sinhalese තෝරමල්ලී (tōramallī, carnelian)

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʊɚ.mə.lɪn/, /ˈtʊɚ.məˌlin/

Noun

tourmaline (countable and uncountable, plural tourmalines)

  1. (mineralogy) A complex black or dark-coloured borosilicate mineral, compounded with various chemical elements and considered a semi-precious stone.
    • 2012 March, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 June 2012, page 128:
      Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)
  2. A transparent gemstone cut from it.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuʁ.ma.lin/
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Noun

tourmaline f (plural tourmalines)

  1. tourmaline

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