Associations to the word «Tourmaline»

Wiktionary

TOURMALINE, noun. A complex black or dark coloured borosilicate mineral.
TOURMALINE, noun. A transparent gemstone cut from it.

Dictionary definition

TOURMALINE, 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.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope