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.
Charles /char-les/ [2 sylls.] as a boys' name is pronounced charlz. It is of Old German origin, and the meaning of Charles is free man.From karl, similar to Old English churl, meaning man, serf.elow is a charted comparison of the usage of Charles and associated names. Carlos (#117 in 2014) , Charlie (#225) , Arlo (#539) , Carl (#613) , Chad (#703) , Chip, Chuck, Karl, Chaz, Curley, Carlo, Carroll, Cary, Charley, Carrol and Chas are the prominent varying forms of Charles (#51 in 2014) .