pinite

• ⇰ 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.
• ⇰ Any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the Pine family.
• ⇰ A sweet white crystalline substance extracted from the gum of a species of pine (<spn>Pinus Lambertina</spn>). It is isomeric with, and resembles, quercite.