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  • noun Plural form of tourmaline.

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Examples

  • Getting free of the ropes was my new goal, but I took a moment to collect the icky-feeling energy of those tourmalines from my aura and release it from the stones on his mitre.

    Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

  • Getting free of the ropes was my new goal, but I took a moment to collect the icky-feeling energy of those tourmalines from my aura and release it from the stones on his mitre.

    Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

  • His genius, though, is his work with unusual combinations of stones and settings — spinels, Mandarin garnets, African tourmalines (see the mine-cut necklace, for $150), and yellow sapphires.

    Coolhunter: Taffin Tina Gaudoin 2010

  • Getting free of the ropes was my new goal, but I took a moment to collect the icky-feeling energy of those tourmalines from my aura and release it from the stones on his mitre.

    Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

  • Chopard's $835,000 gecko bracelet is made of 1,265 tourmalines along with over 400 white, brown and orange diamonds, and close to 400 blue sapphires.

    Stars Sparkle Amid Chopard's Jewels 2010

  • Glass beads, some semiprecious gems that might have been garnets or tourmalines, and some scrolls.

    A Corridor in the Asylum 2010

  • Thirty matched tourmalines were arrayed on black velvet.

    A teaser from my third Spice novel Victoria Janssen 2009

  • Thirty matched tourmalines were arrayed on black velvet.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Victoria Janssen 2009

  • And no bouquet was ever more dazzling to carry than Judith Leiber's Precious Rose purse, a handmade, tiered mosaic of 1,169 pink sapphires, 800 tourmalines and 1,016 diamonds — more than 42 carats 'worth (price upon request; contact store for information: 212-223-2999).

    Watch Out for the Bees 2008

  • Iris Brooch Pink tourmalines, green garnet, platinum c.

    'Artistic Luxury': 100-Year-Old Bling 2008

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