tourmaline

English

Etymology

Either directly from Sinhalese tóramalli 'carnelian', or via a cognate: German Turmalin, Portuguese tormalina, or French tourmaline

Wikipedia

Noun

tourmaline (plural tourmalines)

1. A complex black or dark coloured borosilicate mineral.
   • 2012 March 1, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, 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.

Derived terms

Derived terms

blue tourmaline canary tourmaline chrome tourmaline green tourmaline multicolored tourmaline

rubellite tourmaline paraiba tourmaline shocking pink tourmaline yellow tourmaline

Related terms

Related terms

dravite indigolite luxulyanite Mohrenkopf

rubellite schorl verdelite

Translations

both senses

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電氣石, 电气石 (zh) (diànqìshí)

• Czech: turmalín m
• Dutch: toermalijn (nl) m
• Finnish: turmaliini
• French: tourmaline (fr)
• Galician: turmaline f

• German: Turmalin
• Japanese: トルマリン (torumarin)
• Portuguese: turmalina (pt)
• Russian: турмалин (ru) m (turmalín)
• Spanish: turmalina (es) f
• Swedish: turmalin c, askblåsare c

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French

Noun

tourmaline f (plural tourmalines)

1. tourmaline