shungite
Meanings
noun
- A black, lustrous, non-crystalline mineraloid consisting mostly of carbon, used as a pigment in art and an antibacterial water treatment.
Word forms
Etymology
First described from a deposit near Shunga village in Karelia, Russia, + -ite.
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