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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Borate esters, Borate minerals, Boric acid, Borax, Kernite, Tourmaline, Ulexite, Liddicoatite, Rosocyanine, Barium borate, Chambersite, Bonaccordite, Sodium perborate, Dumortierite, Canavesite, Howlite, Jadarite, Autoinducer-2, Lithium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, Zinc borate, Hilgardite, Painite, Karlite, Studenitsite, Tetrahydroxyborate, Tincalconite, Cahnite, Colemanite, Disodium octaborate tetrahydrate, Calcium borate, Trimethyl borate, Boracite, Lithium metaborate, Fluoborite, Ludwigite, Sborgite, Caesium lithium borate, Elbaite, Rubrocurcumin, Warwickite, Sassolite, Berborite, Jeremejevite, Triethyl borate, Fabianite, Meyerhofferite, Neodymium aluminium borate, Sussexite, Inyoite, Calciborite, Tusionite, Ameghinite, Teruggite, Veatchite, Buergerite, Nobleite, Phenylmercuric borate, Kurnakovite, Admontite, Aksaite, Santite, Hydroboracite, Nd: YAB, Potassium aluminium borate, Bakerite, Searlesite, Homilite, Tienshanite. Excerpt: Tourmaline is a crystal boron silicate mineral compounded with elements such as aluminium, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium, or potassium. Tourmaline is classified as a semi-precious stone and the gem comes in a wide variety of colors. The name comes from the Sinhalese word "Thuramali" ( ) or "Thoramalli" ( ), which applied to different gemstones found in Sri Lanka. Brightly colored Sri Lankan gem tourmalines were brought to Europe in great quantities by the Dutch East India Company to satisfy a demand for curiosities and gems. At the time it was not realised that schorl and tourmaline were the same mineral. Schorl species: Elbaite species: named after the island of Elba, Italy The most common species of tourmaline is schorl. It may account for 95% or more of all tourmaline in nature. The early history of the mineral schorl shows that the name "schorl" was in use prior t...
