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Pinite vs Dinite - What's the difference?

pinite | dinite |

As nouns the difference between pinite and dinite

is that pinite is any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the pine family while dinite is an orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing carbon and hydrogen.

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.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    dinite

    English

    Noun

  • (mineral) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing carbon and hydrogen.

    • References

    * Dinite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Dinite.shtml]