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the only gem that generates its own electricity when you squeeze or heat it
means A boron-rich silicate mineral prized as a gemstone, occurring in nearly every color and sometimes several at once within a single crystal.
from From the Sinhalese 'toramalli,' a catch-all term for the mixed parcels of colorful gems traded out of Sri Lanka; Dutch merchants carried both the stones and the word back to Europe in the 18th century, and 'turmalin' settled into the languages of Europe from there.
- pyroelectric
- warms up and starts attracting ash and dust
- color range
- the widest of any gemstone on Earth
- watermelon variety
- pink core, green rind, all natural
- name origin
- Sinhalese for stone of mixed colors
- dutch trick
- sailors used heated crystals to pull pipe ash