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dravite
noun
dra·vite
\ˈdräˌvīt\
Definition of dravite
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: a magnesium-containing tourmaline that is often brown in color
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Origin and Etymology of dravite
German dravit, from the Drave or Drava river, Austria and Yugoslavia, its locality + German -it -ite
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