dravite

noun

dra·​vite

ˈdräˌvīt

plural -s

: a magnesium-containing tourmaline that is often brown in color

Word History

Etymology

German dravit, from the Drave or Drava river, Austria and Yugoslavia, its locality + German -it -ite

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