How does tourmaline produce negative ion ?

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How does tourmaline produce negative ions ?

Where those negative ions come from ?

I know that negative ions is simply atoms with 1 extra electron so where they come from ?

I also know that volcanic ash also produce negative ion same question ?
 

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