pinite

Definitions


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A grey-green or brownish mica formed as a pseudomorph by the alteration of other minerals such as spodumene or cordierite.


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Origin:
early 19th century; earliest use found in Robert Jameson (1774–1854), geologist and natural historian. From the name of the Pini mine, Schneeberg, Saxony, where the mineral was first found + -ite, after German Pinit


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A sweet-tasting carbohydrate, C₇ H₁₄ O₆, that is a methyl derivative of inositol occurring in the sap of the sugar pine, Pinus lambertiana.


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Origin:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in American Journal of Science. From French pinite from classical Latin pīnus + French -ite




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