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succinite|ˈsʌksɪnaɪt|
[f. succinum + -ite.]
1. Min.
a. A granular garnet of the colour of amber.
After F. succinite (Bonvoisin, 1807).
1816P. Cleaveland Min. (1822) I. 363. 1854 Dana Syst. Min. (ed. 4) II. 191.
b. Amber.
After G. succinit (Breithaupt, 1820).
1854Dana Syst. Min. (ed. 4) II. 466 Amber. Yellow Mineral Resin,..Succinite. 1896Nat. Sci. Aug. 100 Succinite is the most common and the best known of the Baltic ambers.
2. Chem. The insoluble resinous element in amber.
1868Dana Syst. Min. (ed. 5) 740 Amber is not a simple resin. According to Berzelius..it consists mainly..of a resin which resists all solvents (properly the species succinite), along with two other resins soluble in alcohol and ether. |