Ko te paura tourmaline he matū i hurihia kia pai te huri, i ahu mai i te tourmaline, he kohuke borosilicate matatini e mōhiotia ana mō ōna hanganga matū kanorau me ōna āhuatanga ā-tinana whakamiharo. Ko te tauira matū whānui o te tourmaline ko NaR3​Al6​(Si6​O18​)(BO3​)3​(OH,F)4​, ko te R he momo katote konganuku pēnei i te rino, te konupūmā, te lithium, te manganese rānei, e whakawhiwhi ana i te tourmaline ki te whānuitanga o ngā tae me ngā āhuatanga.

I hangaia i raro i ngā āhuatanga whenua motuhake, ka ahu mai te tourmaline i ngā parenga pegmatite me ngā taiao metamorphic pāmahana teitei, pēhanga teitei. I roto i ngā pegmatites, he toka mura matotoru, ka tupu ngā tioata tourmaline mai i ngā wairewa hydrothermal e nui ana te boron, te konumohe, te silicon, me ētahi atu huānga nui i te wā o te tioata mutunga o te magma. I taua wā, i roto i ngā toka metamorphic, ka puta te tourmaline hei hua o ngā tauhohenga matū i waenga i ngā kohuke rerekē i raro i te wera me te pēhanga kaha, pērā i te wā o ngā tukanga hanga maunga.

Ko ngā rohe nui o te ao e whakaputa ana i te tourmaline he nui te takoha ki te tuku paura tourmaline. Ko Brazil te pūtake matua, e whakamanamana ana ki ngā putunga nui nā tōna hītori whenua whānui e kī ana i ngā mahi mura me ngā mahi whakawhiti. He tūranga nui anō hoki tā Sri Lanka, me tōna hanganga whenua ahurei e āwhina ana i te hanganga tourmaline. Ko Madagascar, e mōhiotia ana mō ōna momo kohuke whai rawa, he nui te tourmaline kounga teitei e tukuna ana. I Haina, ko Xinjiang me Yunnan ngā pūtake ā-rohe nui, kei reira ngā tautuhinga whenua uaua me ngā nekehanga tectonic kaha e hanga ana i ngā āhuatanga pai mō te hanganga o te konganuku tourmaline.

I muri i te keri, ka whai i ngā mahi tukatuka mō te konganuku tourmaline kia huri hei paura. I te tīmatanga, ka kuruhia kia iti ake hei wawahi i te hanganga toka. Muri iho, mā te huri me te mira, ka whakapaia anō te konganuku kia iti ake ngā matūriki. Kātahi ka whakahaerehia ngā tukanga purenga hei tango i ngā poke pērā i ētahi atu kohuke, uku, me ngā matū rauropi, kia mau ai te parakore me te kounga o te paura tourmaline whakamutunga.

He whānuitia ngā whakamahinga o te paura tourmaline. I roto i te umanga hauora me te oranga tinana, he tino uara mō ōna āhuatanga hiko me te wera ahurei. Ina pā atu ki te tinana tangata, ki ētahi taiao rānei, ka taea e te paura tourmaline te whakaputa i te hiko ngoikore me ngā hihi infrared tawhiti. E whakaponohia ana ka whakatairangahia e ēnei āhuatanga te tohanga toto, te whakarei ake i te pākia o te tinana, me te whakapai ake i te oranga whānui. I roto i te ao whakapaipai, ka tāpirihia ki ngā hua tiaki kiri mō ōna pānga whakamakuku, ārai-koroheketanga, me te whakamarie i te kiri. I roto i te ao taiao, ka taea te whakamahi i te paura tourmaline hei pure i te wai me te hau, nā te mea ka taea e ia te mimiti i ngā matū kino. Hei tāpiri, i roto i ngā umanga hanga me te uku, ka whakauruhia ki roto i ngā rauemi hei whakapai ake i ōna āhuatanga ā-tinana, pēnei i te kaha me te roa. I te nuinga, ko te maha o ngā whakamahinga o te paura tourmaline he mea nui i roto i ngā momo whakamahinga hou.