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Fr.: -ite   

1) A noun suffix denoting especially minerals, fossils, explosives, and chemical compounds.
2) A suffix denoting a native, inhabitant, adherent, follower, etc.

From Fr. -ite and directly from L. -ita, from Gk. -ites.