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Tourmaline

mineral · common

Quick facts

Hardness
7–7.5
Luster
vitreous
Colors
black, pink, green, zoned

Tourmaline forms striated prisms. Black tourmaline is schorl.

Vertically striated prisms, often triangular cross-section.

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