The name of this gray-to-black mineral comes from the Greek for "to write"
[DOC] [TLE] Graphite dictionary definition | graphite defined - YourDictionary [PAR] a very soft, black, hexagonal mineral of pure carbon, formed in thin plates and ... 
German graphit ; from Classical Greek graphein, to write (see graphic): from its 
use as ... A soft crystalline allotrope of carbon, composed of graphene layers, 
having a steel-gray to black metallic luster and a ... Also called black lead, 
plumbago.