tourmalin

[toor-muh-lin, -leen]

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noun

any of a group of silicate minerals of complex composition, containing boron, aluminum, etc., usually black but having various colored, transparent varieties used as gems.

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Also, tour·ma·lin

[toor-muh-lin] , turmaline.

Origin:
1750–60; earlier tourmalin < German Turmalin, ultimately < Sinhalese tōramalliya carnelian; see -in²

Related forms

tour·ma·lin·ic

[toor-muh-lin-ik] , adjective

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