A 26 cm wide specimen of quartz with big âblue-capâ tourmaline group is owned by the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History; illustrated here on page 12. One of the few big and aesthetic specimens was kept hidden for many years and introduced by Edward Swoboda to the public for the first time only in 2012.
Charlie /char-lie/ [2 sylls.] as a girls' name (also used more commonly as boys' name Charlie) is of Old German origin, and the meaning of Charlie is free man. Pet form of Charlene and Charlotte, now used as an independent name.
Charlie is a pet form of the name Charles (English and French). Charlie is a classic favorite. Today it is still popular as a baby name for boys, though not to the extent it was before, and it is also considered trendy. In 1900, 0.693% of baby boys were given the name Charlie.