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(57) Abstract: A tourmaline molded body and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. SOLUTION: Tourmaline is crushed to produce tourmaline fine powder, This tourmaline fine powder is mixed with glass powder having a melting point between 500 ° C. and the tourmaline upper limit transition temperature, and the mixture is molded, This molded product is fired at a temperature equal to or lower than the melting point of the above glass powder to prepare a tourmaline molded product. In this firing, the tourmaline powder is fired at the same time that the glass powder is fired. The glass becomes a matrix, and in the obtained tourmaline compact, the tourmaline fine powder is present in the glass matrix in an integrated manner. Preferably, the glass is made of a far infrared ray emitting material. |