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pin·ite

 (pĭn′īt′, pē′nīt′)
n.
A gray, green, or brown mineral similar to mica, formed by chemical alteration of other minerals, such as cordierite.
[After Pini, a mine in Saxony.]
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pinite

(ˈpɪnaɪt; ˈpaɪ-)
n
(Minerals) a greyish-green or brown mineral containing amorphous aluminium and potassium sulphates
[C19: from German Pinit, named after the Pini mine, Schneeberg, Saxony]
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Noun1.pinite - grey or green or brown mineral similar to mica and containing aluminum and potassium sulphates
mineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
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The accessory minerals included zircon, apatite, ilmenite, sillimanite and monazite, while muscovite, chlorite, anatase, sericite and pinite were identified as the secondary minerals.
Polygonal cracking associated to vertical and subvertical fracture surfaces in granite (La Pedriza del Manzanares, Spain): considerations for a morphological classification
This fact can be explained by the presence of cordierite paragneiss, where cordierite weathers into pinite (mixture of sericite and chlorite).
Development of soils on paragneiss and granite in the southeastern part of Bohemia
Cordierite appears to be common in many of the rocks, though in most cases is completely retrograded to pinite or sericite making it difficult to be certain in rocks that have been completely retrograded.
Whole-rock chemical and Sm-Nd isotopic composition of a Late Proterozoic metasedimentary sequence in Ganderia: Kellys Mountain, Bras d'Or terrane, Nova Scotia, Canada

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