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English
Etymology 1
From pine + -ite.
Noun
pinite (usually uncountable, plural pinites)
- Any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the pine family.
- (chemistry) A sweet white crystalline substance extracted from the gum of a species of pine (Pinus lambertiana, sugar pine), isomeric with quercite.
Etymology 2
From Pini + -ite, after a mine in Saxony.
Noun
pinite (usually uncountable, plural pinites)
- (mineralogy) 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.
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Italian
Etymology
From pino + -ite.
Noun
pinite f (plural piniti)
- (mineralogy) pinite
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