pinite
Meanings
noun
- Any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the pine family.
- A sweet white crystalline substance extracted from the gum of a species of pine (Pinus lambertiana, sugar pine), isomeric with quercite.
noun
- 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, such as iolite.
Word forms
Etymology
From pine + -ite.
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