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From Arapaho + -ite, after the Native American people who originally occupied the area where it was found.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
arapahite
Today it means: A dark, fine-grained magnetite basalt mineral. Full definition →
Today it means: A dark, fine-grained magnetite basalt mineral. Full definition →
From Arapaho + -ite, after the Native American people who originally occupied the area where it was found.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.