melanite
noun
mel·a·nite ˈme-lə-ˌnīt 
: a black andradite garnet
melanitic
ˌme-lə-ˈni-tik
adjective 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Here are the semifinalists and finalists:COMMUNITY TRACKFinalists:Melanites, by Jennifer Pierre, designs and creates diverse toys, storybooks and games that celebrate brown boyhood. 
Nancy Dahlberg, miamiherald, 7 May 2017
Nancy Dahlberg, miamiherald, 7 May 2017 Word History
Etymology
borrowed from German Melanit, from Greek melan-, stem of mélās "black, dark" + German -it -ite entry 1 — more at melano-
Note: Term apparently introduced by the German mineralogist Dietrich Ludwig Gustav Karsten (1768-1810) in Göttingesches Journal der Naturwissenschaft, Band 1, Heft 2 (1798), pp. 138-40.
First Known Use
circa 1807, in the meaning defined above
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