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Quercite vs Pinite - What's the difference?

quercite | pinite |

As nouns the difference between quercite and pinite

is that quercite is (organic compound) a white crystalline substance found in acorns 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.

quercite

English

Noun

(-)
  • (organic compound) A white crystalline substance found in acorns.
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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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