-ίτης
-ítēs
“connected with (mineral suffix)”
9 words in English grow from this root.
Anhydrite
Earthἀν-an-
“waterless stone”
Anthracite
Earthἄνθραξánthrax
“coal stone”
Belemnite
Natureβέλεμνονbélemnon
“dart stone”
Chromite
Earthχρῶμαkhrôma
“colour stone”
Hermit
Faithἔρημοςérēmos
“one of the desert”
Magnesite
EarthΜαγνησίαMagnēsía
“stone of Magnesia”
Rhodonite
Earthῥόδονrhódon
“rose stone”
Selenite
Earthσελήνηselḗnē
“moonstone”
Stibnite
Earthστίβιstíbi
“the stibi stone”