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navite

noun
na·​vite | \ ˈnāˌvīt\
plural -s

Definition of navite

: a mineral consisting of a coarse-grained olivine-basalt with phenocrysts of altered olivine and a little augite and basic plagioclase in a holocrystalline groundmass of labradorite and augite

History and Etymology for navite

German navit, from Latin Nava Nahe river, Germany + German -it -ite

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