Melanite

From the Greek word μελανός (melanos), ‘black’. A black Ti-bearing variety of andradite garnet.

See:

Andradite

Melanite — specimen 0645, photo © NMNHS

Material from ‘Repository’

6 specimens: 0067 — 1.79 ct, South Africa; 0515 — 0.68 ct, South Africa; 0517 — 0.52 ct, South Africa; 0634 — 0.54 ct, no precise locality [Africa]; 0641 — 0.80 ct, South Africa; 0645 — 0.96 ct, South Africa.

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