Abstract Three distinct paragenetic and compositional types of tourmaline were described from the Velence Granite surrounding contact slate. Rare, pitch-black, disseminated I (intragranitic tourmaline) occurs in granite, pegmatite, aplite; very rare, black to greenish-gray, euhedral II (miarolitic miarolitic cavities pegmatites; abundant, gray, brown yellow or even colorless, acicular III (meta...