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Fossil vs Pinite - What's the difference?

fossil | pinite |

As nouns the difference between fossil and pinite

is that fossil is fossil while pinite is any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the pine family or pinite can be (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.

fossil

English

(wikipedia fossil)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The mineralized remains of an animal or plant.
  • (paleontology) Any preserved evidence of ancient life, including shells, imprints, burrows, coprolites, and organically-produced chemicals.
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  • (linguistics) A fossilized term.
  • (figuratively) Anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated.
  • Derived terms

    * * * fossilisation, fossilization * fossilise, fossilize * * * * * *

    See also

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    pinite

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • 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 (, sugar pine), isomeric with quercite.
  • Etymology 2

    , after a mine in Saxony.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (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.
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