maranite
/ˈmarənʌit/Mineralogy rare. Now historical
noun
= chiastolite.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Encyclopedic Dictionary. From German Maranit from the name of the Serra do Marão, a small mountain range in north-west Portugal where the mineral was discovered + German -it.
- distaff
- distal
- distally
- distance
- distance learning
- distance lends enchantment to the view
- distance post
- distance runner
- distance vision
- distant
- distant early warning
- distantiate
- distantiation
- distantly
- distant signal
- distaste
- distasteful
- distastefully
- distastefulness
- dist. atty.
- Di Stefano, Alfredo
- distemper
- distempered
- distend
- distended