A mineral composed of calcium aluminum silicate, or a member of a harmonist community.
From harmony + -ite suffix used for mineral names (Greek -ites). In mineralogy, -ite denotes a distinct mineral species. The double meaning arose because the mineral was named by scientists while harmonite also referred to community members.
Harmonite appears in two completely different fields—as an obscure mineral in geology textbooks and as a person who believed in utopian harmony in historical records. Most mineral names follow this pattern where -ite means 'stone' or 'mineral,' but harmonite uniquely carries both a geological and social identity.
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