melanite
[ mel-uh-nahyt ]
/ ˈmɛl əˌnaɪt /
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
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.
Biotite occurs in some of these rocks, and melanite also is present.
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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