melanite
[ mel-uh-nahyt ]
/ ˈmɛl əˌnaɪt /
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noun Mineralogy.
a deep black variety of andradite garnet.
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OTHER WORDS FROM melanite
mel·a·nit·ic [mel-uh-nit-ik], /ˌmɛl əˈnɪt ɪk/, adjectiveWords nearby melanite
melaniferous, melanin, Melanion, Melanippus, melanism, melanite, melano-, melanoameloblastoma, melanoblast, melanoblastoma, melanocarcinoma
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Example sentences from the Web for melanite
Biotite occurs in some of these rocks, and melanite also is present.
Melanite is found in some of the lavas, as in the leucite-syenites.
Their pyroxene is principally aegirine or aegirine augite; some of them are rich in melanite.
The dark matrix consists of biotite, aegirine-augite and melanite.
British Dictionary definitions for melanite
melanite
/ (ˈmɛləˌnaɪt) /
noun
a black variety of andradite garnet
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