A type of mineral or ore deposit; a geological or mineralogical substance.
A mineralogical term using the '-ite' suffix, likely named after Blake's discovery or location in geology. The suffix '-ite' became standard for naming minerals in the 19th century.
Every mineral ends in '-ite' (calcite, feldspar's variety feldspar-ite), and geologists got really creative naming them after places and people they met during expeditions!
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