pinite

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pinite has 1 sense

pinite(n = noun.substance) - grey or green or brown mineral similar to mica and containing aluminum and potassium sulphates;

is a kind of

mineral

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CIDE DICTIONARY

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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