Tourmaline ndiro zita rakawanda re tourmaline group minerals.Mushonga waro wemakemikari wakaoma.Iyo mhete chimiro silicate mineral inoratidzwa ne boron ine aluminium, sodium, iron, magnesium uye lithium.[1] Kuoma kwe tourmaline kunowanzoita 7-7.5, uye kusimba kwayo kwakasiyana zvishoma nemhando dzakasiyana.Ona tafura iri pazasi kuti uwane ruzivo.Tourmaline inozivikanwawo se tourmaline, tourmaline, nezvimwe.

Tourmaline ine yakasarudzika zvivakwa zvakaita sepiezoelectricity, pyroelectricity, kure-infrared radiation uye yakaipa ion kuburitswa.Inogona kusanganiswa nezvimwe zvinhu nenzira yemuviri kana yemakemikari kugadzira zvakasiyana-siyana zvinoshanda, izvo zvinoshandiswa mukuchengetedza kwezvakatipoteredza, zvemagetsi, mushonga, indasitiri yemakemikari, indasitiri yemwenje, zvekuvaka uye mamwe minda.

Tourmaline rough
Iyo imwechete crystal kana micro crystal yakananga kucherwa kubva kumugodhi agglomerates mune imwe vhoriyamu yehombe tourmaline.