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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