pinite

== 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. === References === “pinite”, in Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026. === Anagrams === tie pin, tiepin == Italian == === Etymology === From pino +‎ -ite. === Noun === pinite f (plural piniti) (mineralogy) pinite === Anagrams === pentii, pineti