shorl


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shorl

(ʃɔːl)
n
(Minerals) the black variety of tourmaline
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References in classic literature ?
"MI DEER JO i OPE U R KR WITE WELL i OPE i SHAL SON B HABELL 4 2 TEEDGE U JO AN THEN WE SHORL B SO GLODD AN WEN i M PRENGTD 2 U JO WOT LARX AN BLEVE ME INF XN PIP."
Another interesting mineral of tourmaline group, shorl, was proposed (Xu et al., 2009).
These Catalogs contain similar mixes of species, the majority of which are European, including many Alpine 'rock crystal' and smoky quartz crystals (most rather damaged unfortunately), kyanite with staurolite ("Sappare with red Shorl in micaceous Shistus") typical of material from Pizzo Forno, Switzerland, and adularia.