As nouns the difference between hainite and painite
is that hainite is a triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, fluorine, iron, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, sodium, titanium, and zirconium while painite is a very rare orange-red borate mineral consisting mostly of calcium, zirconium, boron, aluminium, and oxygen.
hainite
English
Noun
(mineral) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, fluorine, iron, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, sodium, titanium, and zirconium.
References
* Hainite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Hainite.shtml]
painite
English
Noun
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wikipedia painite)
(mineralogy) A very rare orange-red borate mineral consisting mostly of calcium, zirconium, boron, aluminium, and oxygen.