Word
Tourmaline
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
tour-ma-line
Definition
- n. - 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.
- noun - 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
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