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pinite
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pinite, n. [So called from Pini, a mine in Saxony.].
A compact granular cryptocrystalline mineral of a dull grayish or greenish white color. It is a hydrous alkaline silicate, and is derived from the alteration of other minerals, as iolite. [1913 Webster]
pinite, n. [L. pinus the pine tree.].
- Any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the Pine family. [1913 Webster]
- A sweet white crystalline substance extracted from the gum of a species of pine (
Pinus Lambertina ). It is isomeric with, and resembles, quercite. [1913 Webster]
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