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pinite

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Meaning

  1. noun Any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the pine family.
  2. noun A sweet white crystalline substance extracted from the gum of a species of pine (Pinus lambertiana, sugar pine), isomeric with quercite.
  3. 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.

Similar words

poitevinite pinalite rockwood pistacite typolite pyribole psarolite fingerite pistazite pyrrholite

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