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tourmaline
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tourmaline

Hard, brittle mineral, a complex silicate of various metals, but mainly sodium aluminium borosilicate.

Small tourmalines are found in granites and gneisses. The common varieties range from black (schorl) to pink, and the transparent gemstones may be colourless (achromatic), rose pink (rubellite), green (Brazilian emerald), blue (indicolite, verdelite, Brazilian sapphire), or brown (dravite).



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