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Definition of Pinite
1. Noun. Grey or green or brown mineral similar to mica and containing aluminum and potassium sulphates.
Definition of Pinite
1. n. 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.
2. n. Any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the Pine family.
Definition of Pinite
1. a mineral [n -S]
Medical Definition of Pinite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinite
Literary usage of Pinite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1855)
"A mineral resembling pinite with the form of labrador is copiously disseminated
throughout the greenstone schist of Harthau near Chemnitz, as yellowish- and ..."
2. Contributions to the Geology of Eastern Massachusetts by William Otis Crosby (1880)
"—The abundant occurrence of pinite in the pebbles and paste of some parts of our
Primordial conglomerate, and the probable origin of this ..."
3. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake (1851)
"pinite is a crystallized earthy mineral, found in granite and porphyry. Its form
is that of a six-sided prism, usually much rounded on the lateral edges; ..."
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