Tourmaline ke lebitso le akaretsang la diminerale tsa sehlopha sa tourmaline. Sebopeho sa yona sa dikhemikhale se rarahane haholo. Ke minerale ya silicate e sebopeho sa lesale e kgetholotsweng ka boron e nang le aluminium, sodium, tshepe, magnesium le lithium. [1] Bothata ba tourmaline hangata ke 7-7.5, mme boima ba yona bo fapane hanyane ka mefuta e fapaneng. Sheba tafole e ka tlase bakeng sa dintlha tse qaqileng. Tourmaline e boetse e tsejwa e le tourmaline, tourmaline, jj.

Tourmaline e na le thepa e ikhethang e kang piezoelectricity, pyroelectricity, mahlaseli a infrared a hole le ho lokolloa ha ion e mpe. E ka kopanngoa le thepa e 'ngoe ka mekhoa ea 'mele kapa ea lik'hemik'hale ho hlahisa mefuta e fapaneng ea thepa e sebetsang, e sebelisoang ts'ireletsong ea tikoloho, lisebelisoa tsa elektroniki, meriana, indasteri ea lik'hemik'hale, indasteri ea mabone, thepa ea kaho le masimo a mang.

Tourmaline e thata
Kristale e le 'ngoe kapa kristale e nyane e chekoang ka ho toba ho tsoa ho li-agglomerate tsa morafo ho ea ho bophahamo bo itseng ba tourmaline e kholo.