Fossil vs Pinite - What's the difference?
fossil | pinite |
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(figuratively) Anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated.
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.
(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)
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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
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