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▪ I. † melanite1 Obs.
[Perh. some error: cf. med. L. melonītēs corrupt form of malochītes malachite (Schade, Altd. Wb. Suppl. s.v. Melochites): the description in Maplet is prob. evolved from a pseudo-derivation from L. mel honey.]
(See quot.)
1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 15 The Melanite is a Stone, which distilleth & droppeth that iuice which is verie sweete and honie like; wherfore it may well be called Melanite as you would say Honistone,..on the one side it is greene, on the other side yellow.
▪ II. melanite2 Min.|ˈmɛlənaɪt|
[ad. G. melanit (Werner 1799), f. Gr. µελαν-, µέλας black: see -ite1.]
A velvet-black variety of andradite.
1807Aikin Dict. Chem. & Min. II. 68 Melanite{ddd}Black garnet. 1854Dana Syst. Min. (ed. 4) II. 192.
▪ III. melanite3 Conch.|ˈmɛlənaɪt|
[f. mod.L. Melania (see melanian) + -ite1.]
A fossil melanian (Cent. Dict.). |