† sinapiten.
Obsolete. rare.
A concretionary stone composed of small granules resembling mustard-seed; a species of oolite.
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1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. i. v. 295 The Sinepites, as it may be called. Being a Cluster of small hard Globules, like Mustard-seeds.
1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 456 The analogy between pisolite and sinapite is also preferable, both being derived from the vegetable kingdom.
1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 457 Sinapite from Iceland.
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