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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PIN'ITE, n. [from Pini, a mine in Saxony.]
A mineral holding a middle place between steatite and mica; the micarel of Kirwan. It is found in prismatic crystals of a greenish white color, brown or deep red. It occurs also massive.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: grey or green or brown mineral similar to mica and containing aluminum and potassium sulphates

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pinite Pi"nite, n. [L. pinus the pine tree.] 1. (Paleon.) Any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the Pine family. 2. (Chem.) A sweet white crystalline substance extracted from the gum of a species of pine (Pinus Lambertina). It is isomeric with, and resembles, quercite.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pinite Pin"ite, n. [So called from Pini, a mine in Saxony.] (Min.) 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, as iolite.