Tourmaline ke lebitso le akaretsang la liminerale tsa sehlopha sa tourmaline.Sebopeho sa eona sa lik'hemik'hale se batla se rarahane.Ke liminerale tsa silicate tsa sebopeho se nang le boron e nang le aluminium, sodium, tšepe, magnesium le lithium.[1] Ho thatafala ha tourmaline hangata ke 7-7.5, 'me boima ba eona bo fapane hanyane le mefuta e fapaneng.Sheba tafole e ka tlase bakeng sa lintlha.Tourmaline e boetse e tsejoa e le tourmaline, tourmaline, joalo-joalo.

Tourmaline e na le thepa e ikhethang e kang piezoelectricity, pyroelectricity, mahlaseli a kotsi a hole le ho lokolloa ha ion e mpe.E ka kopanngoa le lisebelisoa tse ling ka mekhoa ea 'mele kapa ea lik'hemik'hale ho hlahisa lisebelisoa tse sa tšoaneng tse sebetsang, tse sebelisoang ho sireletsa tikoloho, lisebelisoa tsa elektronike, meriana, indasteri ea lik'hemik'hale, indasteri ea leseli, thepa ea mohaho le masimo a mang.

Tourmaline e thata
kristale e le 'ngoe kapa kristale e nyane e epiloeng ka kotloloho ho tsoa moepong e bokellana ka bongata bo itseng ba tourmaline e kholo.