Touchstone may refer to: *

Touchstone (assaying tool) Touchstone set A touchstone is a small tablet of dark stone such as slate or lydite, used for assaying precious metal alloys. It has a finely grained surface on which soft metals leave a visible trace. History The touchstone was used during the ...

, 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), rock group from the U.K. * Touchstone (US-Irish band), Irish-music band from the U.S. * ''The Touchstone'' (album), by British jazz trio Azimuth * '' The Touchstone'', a novella by Edith Wharton * Touchstone (''As You Like It''), a fictional character in Shakespeare's ''As You Like It'' * Touchstone (Garth Nix character), 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 * ...

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, a manufacturer * TouchStone Software * Touchstone Studios *

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 Compan ...

* 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 pub ...

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 the ...

(1831–1861), thoroughbred racehorse * ''Touchstone'' (magazine), a Christian journal * Touchstone file, a network parameter data file * Touchstone Memorial Award * Touchstone Theatre, a professional theatre company in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada *

Operation Touchstone The United States's Touchstone nuclear test series was a group of 13 nuclear tests conducted in 1987–1988. These tests A bomb test may be a salvo test, defined as two or more explosions "where a period of time between successive individual ex ...

, 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