Touchstone

'''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==

===Literature===

* ''The Touch-Stone'', a 1728 satirical essay collection on London entertainments attributed to James Ralph * ''The Touchstone'' (novella), a novella by Edith Wharton * Touchstone (Garth Nix character), a fictional character from Garth Nix's ''Old Kingdom trilogy''

===Stage and film=== * ''The Touchstone'' (play), an 1817 comedy play by James Kenney * Touchstone (''As You Like It''), a fictional character in Shakespeare's ''As You Like It'' * ''Prem Kahani'' (1937 film), working title ''Touchstone'', an Indian romantic drama film * Touchstone (''Stargate SG-1''), an episode of the television series ''Stargate SG-1''

===Music=== * Touchstone (band), rock group from the U.K. * ''Touchstone'' (album), a 1982 album by Chick Corea * ''The Touchstone'' (album), by British jazz trio Azimuth * Touchstone, an Irish-music band fronted by Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill

===Other=== * Touchstone (''Syphon Filter''), a character from the ''Syphon Filter'' games

==Companies== * Touchstone Energy, an energy cooperative * Touchstone Home Entertainment * Touchstone Pictures, a film distribution label of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures * Touchstone Semiconductor, a manufacturer * TouchStone Software * Touchstone Studios * Touchstone Television, a television production company formerly called Fox 21 Television Studios * Touchstone Television (1985–2007), former name of television production company ABC Signature * Touchstone Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster

==Other== * James Touchstone (died 1872), American politician from Maryland * James M. Touchstone (1846–1886), American politician from Maryland * Touchstone (horse) (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, 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 * ''The Touchstone'', a polemical work by Ibn Shaprut * ''Parasmani'' ({{lit|Touchstone}}), a 1963 Indian film