A rare silicate mineral containing magnesium and iron, found in certain metamorphic rocks.
From mineralogy nomenclature, likely from a place name or discoverer's name with the Latin mineral suffix '-ite.' The specific origin of this rare mineral name is unclear without additional geological literature.
Minerals get named in specific ways—sometimes after places, sometimes after people, and the '-ite' ending signals it's a mineral, just like fluorite, graphite, and magnetite!
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