tourmaline
toor muh leen
- n 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
- On a family trip to Kenya, she was allowed to select and purchase two green tourmaline stones.
- Lalique may have used casts of genuine beetles, as well as gold, glass, enamel, silver and tourmaline, to create his brooch of 1903-4.
- There are also thousands of do-it-yourselfers who swear by those detoxing foot pads, which use tree vinegars, tourmaline and reflexology to allegedly stimulate acupuncture points .