Category:Pinite

Pin"ite, n. Etym: [so called from pini, a mine in saxony.] (min.)

Defn: 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.

Pinite Pi"nite, n. Etym: [l. pinus the pine tree.]

1. (paleon.) Any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged To the pine family.

2. (chem.)

Defn: a sweet white crystalline substance extracted from the gum of a Species of pine (pinus lambertina). It is isomeric with, and Resembles, quercite.