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Tourmaline (/ˈtʊərməlɪn, -ˌliːn/ ⓘ TOOR-mə-lin, -leen) is a crystalline silicate mineral group in which boron is compounded with elements such as aluminium, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium, or potassium. This gemstone comes in a wide variety of colors.
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The extracted context around Tourmaline shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Tourmaline → About, Abt, Akademie, American Mineralogist, Anzeiger, Austria, Batalha, Bernhardt, Brazil, Color, Cuprian Elbaite, Dravite, Elbaite, Ertl, Etymology, Excess Boron, Fritsch, Gemstones, Historical Review, Investigations Another extracted example is Tourmaline → Al6, Barton, BO3, California, Campo, Czech Republic, Donnay, Elba, Elba Island, Elbait, Fonte, H8Na2Li3Al3B6Al12Si12O62, HAl6B2Si4O21, In, Italy, Johan August Arfwedson, Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg, Li, Li-rich, Li-tourmaline. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 339 structured relationships around Tourmaline. Examples in this analysis include Tourmaline → Absorption spectra → Strong narrow band at 498 nm, and almost complete absorption of red down to 640 nm in blue and green stones; red and pink stones show lines at 458 and 451 nm, as well as a broad… and Tourmaline → Birefringence → −0.018 to −0.040; typically about −0.020 but in dark stones it may reach −0.040. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourmaline | Absorption spectra | Strong narrow band at 498 nm, and almost complete absorption of red down to 640 nm in blue and green stones; red and pink stones show lines at 458 and 451 nm, as well as a broad… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Birefringence | −0.018 to −0.040; typically about −0.020 but in dark stones it may reach −0.040 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Category | Cyclosilicate | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Cleavage | Indistinct | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Color | Most commonly black, but can range from colorless to brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, pink, or hues in-between. It can also be bi-colored, or even tri-colored. R… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Crystal class | Ditrigonal pyramidal (3m) H-M symbol: (3m) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Crystal habit | Parallel and elongated; acicular prisms, sometimes radiating; massive; scattered grains (in granite) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Crystal system | Trigonal | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Density | 2.82–3.32 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Diaphaneity | Translucent to opaque | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Dispersion | 0.017 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Formula | .mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su{display:inline-block;font-size:80%;line-height:1;vertical-align:-0.35em}.mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su>span{display:block;text-align:l… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Fracture | Uneven, small conchoidal | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | IMA symbol | Tur | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Luster | Vitreous, sometimes resinous | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Mohs scale hardness | 7.0–7.5 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Optical properties | Double-refractive, uniaxial negative | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Pleochroism | Typically moderate to strong | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Pleochroism | Red: definite; dark red, light red | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Pleochroism | Green: strong; dark green, yellow-green | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Pleochroism | Brown: definite; dark brown, light brown | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Pleochroism | Blue: strong; dark blue, light blue | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Polish luster | Vitreous | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Refractive index | nω = 1.635–1.675 nε = 1.610–1.650 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Space group | R3m (no. 160) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Specific gravity | 3.06+0.20–0.06 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Streak | White | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Tenacity | Brittle | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | Ultraviolet fluorescence | Pink stones; inert to very weak red to violet in long and short wave | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tourmaline | is a | only blue gemstone of any kind that will show a drag response when a neodymium magnet is applied | 0.90 | text |
The concept neighborhoods around Tourmaline bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Paraiba, First and Variety. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Tourmaline, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Tourmaline with Species and varieties. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Tourmaline to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Species and varieties & Physical properties, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Tourmaline · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout