melanite
[ mel-uh-nahyt ]
/ ˈmɛl əˌnaɪt /
noun Mineralogy.
a deep black variety of andradite garnet.
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
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