In chemistry terms the difference between silicate and pinite
is that silicate is any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates while pinite is a sweet white crystalline substance extracted from the gum of a species of pine (species: Pinus lambertiana, sugar pine), isomeric with quercite.
silicate
Noun
(
en noun)
(chemistry) Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates
Derived terms
* aluminio-silicate
* aluminium silicate, aluminum silicate
* aluminomagnesian silicate
* aluminosilicate
* bismuth silicate
* borosilicate
* borophosphosilicate
* calcium magnesium silicate
* cerous silicate
* cyclosilicate
* disilicate
* fluosilicate
* inosilicate
* magnesium aluminium silicate, magnesium aluminum silicate
* magnesium silicate
* metasilicate
* neosilicate
* orthosilicate
* phosphosilicate
* phyllosilicate
* pyrosilicate
* silicate board
* silicate cotton
* silicate paint
* sodium silicate
* sorosilicate
* subsilicate
* tectosilicate
* titano-silicate
* tungstosilicate
Related terms
* silica
* silicon
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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.
(
Webster 1913)
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