Hypertext Webster Gateway: "melanite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Melanite \Mel"a*nite\, n. [Gr. me`las, -anos, black: cf. F.
m['e]lanite.] (Min.)
A black variety of garnet.
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