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SCHORL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does schorl mean?
• SCHORL (noun)
The noun SCHORL has 1 sense:
1. black tourmaline
Familiarity information: SCHORL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Black tourmaline
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("schorl" is a kind of...):
tourmaline (a mineral that is a complex borosilicate and hydroxide of aluminum containing iron and magnesium and calcium and lithium and sodium; it is usually black but occurs in transparent colored forms that are used as gemstones)
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