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Definition of Retinite
1. n. An inflammable mineral resin, usually of a yellowish brown color, found in roundish masses, sometimes with coal.
Definition of Retinite
1. Noun. (minerology) Any of various resins, similar in appearance to amber, associated with brown coal ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Retinite
1. a fossil resin [n -S]
Medical Definition of Retinite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Retinite
Literary usage of Retinite
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 (1854)
"retinite and asphalte, both so closely resembling amber, distinctly show that
fossil resins may be formed by the decomposition of such remains. ..."
2. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1910)
"retinite.—The name retinite is used by Dana to include a considerable series of
fossil resins allied to amber, differing mainly in containing no succinic ..."
3. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1904)
"retinite.—The name retinite is used by Dana to include a considerable series of
fossil resins allied to amber, differing mainly in containing no succinic ..."
4. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1904)
"retinite.—The name retinite is used by Dana to include a considerable series of
fossil resins allied to amber, differing mainly in containing no succinic ..."
5. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1910)
"retinite.—The name retinite is used by Dana to include a considerable series of
fossil resins allied to amber, differing mainly in containing no succinic ..."
6. A System of Mineralogy: In which Minerals are Arranged According to the by Robert Jameson (1820)
"Observations. Its colour and smell distinguish it from earth-coal. " * retinite.
Retin-Asphalt, Hatchett. Retin-asphalt, Hatchett, in Phil. Trans, for 1804. ..."
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