Schorl

//ʃɔː(ɹ)l// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The most common variety of tourmaline. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    black tourmaline wordnet

Etymology

From German Schörl, probably from Swedish skör (“brittle”).

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