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Melanite
From the Greek word
μελανός (melanos)
, ‘black’. A black Ti-bearing variety of andradite garnet.
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Andradite
Melanite — specimen 0645
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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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