arapahite

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Etymology[edit]

Arapaho +‎ -ite, after the Native American people who originally occupied the area where it was found.

Noun[edit]

arapahite (usually uncountable, plural arapahites)

  1. (mineralogy) A dark, fine-grained magnetite basalt mineral.