- 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 (Pinus Lambertina). It is isomeric with, and
resembles, quercite.
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