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Touchstone (assaying tool) file:Pierre de touche.jpg, Touchstone set A touchstone is a small tablet of dark stone such as slate or lydite, used for Metallurgical assay, assaying precious metal alloys. It has a finely grained surface on which soft metals leave a visible tra ...

, a stone used to identify precious metals *

Touchstone (metaphor) As a metaphor, a touchstone refers to any physical or intellectual measure by which the validity or merit of a concept can be tested. It is similar in use to an acid test, litmus test in politics, or, from a negative perspective, a shibboleth whe ...

, a means of assaying relative merits of a concept

Entertainment

* ''Touchstone'' (album), a 1982 album by Chick Corea *

Touchstone (band) Touchstone are an English progressive rock band. The band was formed by keyboardist Rob Cottingham and guitarist Adam Hodgson in 2003. The name was thought up by Rob, being taken from a lyric in his solo album, Behind The Orchard Tree. Touchs ...

, rock group from the U.K. *

Touchstone (US-Irish band) Touchstone was a band led by Irish musician Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill of The Bothy Band and Zan McLeod, who had worked with singer and songwriter Mike Cross. The band's music was traditional Irish music with some bluegrass music influence. Based ...

, Irish-music band from the U.S. * ''The Touchstone'' (album), by British jazz trio Azimuth * ''

The Touchstone The Touchstone is a novella by American writer Edith Wharton. Written in 1900, it was the first of her many stories describing life in old New York. Stephen Glennard, the novella's protagonist, is suddenly impoverished and unable to marry the ...

'', a novella by Edith Wharton * Touchstone (''As You Like It''), a fictional character in Shakespeare's ''As You Like It'' *

Touchstone (Garth Nix character) This is a list of characters from '' The Old Kingdom Series'', a set of novels by Australian author Garth Nix. The series comprises six novels: ''Sabriel'' (1995), ''Lirael'' (2001), ''Abhorsen'' (2003), ''Clariel'' (2014), ''Goldenhand'' (2016) a ...

, a fictional character from Garth Nix's ''Old Kingdom trilogy'' * Touchstone (''Stargate SG-1''), an episode of the television series ''Stargate SG-1'' * Touchstone (''Syphon Filter''), a character from the ''Syphon Filter'' games

Companies

Touchstone Energy Touchstone Energy Cooperatives (also called simply Touchstone) is a cooperative federation composed of more than 750 local, consumer-owned utility cooperatives in 46 of the 50 United States of America. Touchstone Energy co-ops serve more than 30 m ...

, an energy cooperative *

Touchstone Home Entertainment Touchstone may refer to: * Touchstone (assaying tool), a stone used to identify precious metals * Touchstone (metaphor), a means of assaying relative merits of a concept Entertainment * ''Touchstone'' (album), a 1982 album by Chick Corea * T ...

Touchstone Pictures Touchstone Pictures, Inc. was an American film production label of Walt Disney Studios, founded and owned by The Walt Disney Company. Feature films released under the Touchstone label were produced and financed by Walt Disney Studios, and featu ...

, a film distribution label of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures *

Touchstone Semiconductor Touchstone Semiconductor Inc. was a manufacturer of analog integrated circuit (IC) components for industrial control, consumer electronics, medical, telecommunications, and other industries. Touchstone Semiconductor was founded in 2010 by a grou ...

, a manufacturer *

TouchStone Software TouchStone Software Corporation, Inc., founded in 1982, is an American software developer for the personal computer (PC) industry, specializing in system update technology.Touchstone Studios Disney Interactive Studios, Inc. was an American video game developer and publisher owned by The Walt Disney Company through Disney Interactive. Prior to its closure in 2016, it developed and distributed multi-platform video games and interactiv ...

Touchstone Television The second incarnation of Touchstone Television (formerly known as Fox 21 Television Studios) was an American television production company that is a subsidiary of Disney Media Networks' Walt Disney Television owned by The Walt Disney Company. It ...

, a television production company formerly called Fox 21 Television Studios * Touchstone Television (1985–2007), former name of television production company

ABC Signature ABC Signature is an American television production studio that is a subsidiary of Disney Television Studios, a division of Walt Disney Television, which is part of the Disney General Entertainment Content division of The Walt Disney Company. T ...

* Touchstone Books, an imprint of

Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was the third largest publ ...

Other

Touchstone (horse) Touchstone (1831–1861) was a British bred Thoroughbred racehorse and a leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland on four occasions. He was owned and bred by Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, who bought him for the low price, at th ...

(1831–1861), thoroughbred racehorse * ''Touchstone'' (magazine), a Christian journal * Touchstone file, a network parameter data file *

Touchstone Memorial Award The F. Morris Touchstone Award is an award given by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association to the nation's most outstanding NCAA Division I lacrosse head coach. The award was first presented in 1958. The award is named after F. Mo ...

Touchstone Theatre Touchstone Theatre is a professional theatre company in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, founded in 1976 by a group of University of British Columbia theatre graduates. Touchstone's focus is on the development and production of Canadian works ...

, a professional theatre company in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada * Operation Touchstone, a series of 14 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1987 and 1988 * Touchstone, the brand name of the inductive charger for HP/Palm WebOS devices {{disambiguation, surname