Mellite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mellite \Mel"lite\, n. [L. mel, mellis, honey: cf. F. mellite.]
     (Min.)
     A mineral of a honey color, found in brown coal, and partly
     the result of vegetable decomposition; honeystone. It is a
     mellitate of alumina.
     [1913 Webster]