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.
As a baby boy name, Charlie is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 377 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census) . In 2009, the name Charlie rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 32 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 274 in the Top 1000 charts.he English term churl meaning serf derives from the same root. Has been a household favourite ever since the era of the Emperor Charlemagne, and in fact a popular royal name in many European countries, including England. This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.