schorl

See also: Schörl

English

Etymology

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

Noun

schorl (countable and uncountable, plural schorls)

  1. (mineralogy) The most common variety of tourmaline.

Further reading
  • “Schorl” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “schorl”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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