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Iolite vs Pinite - What's the difference?

iolite | pinite |

As nouns the difference between iolite and pinite

is that iolite is the clear variety of cordierite while pinite is any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the pine family.

iolite

English

(Cordierite)

Noun

  • (gemology) The clear variety of cordierite.

    • Synonyms

    * cordierite * dichroite

    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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