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has gloss | eng: Retinite is a general name applied to various resins, particularly those from beds of brown coal, which are near amber in appearance, but contain little or no succinic acid. It may conveniently serve as a generic name, since no two independent occurrences prove to be alike, and the indefinite multiplication of names, no one of them properly specific, is not to be desired. |
lexicalization | eng: Retinite |
instance of | (noun) any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules resin, rosin |
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has gloss | deu: Als Retinit (vom griechischen retine = Harz) werden sehr verschiedenartige (fossile) Harze bezeichnet, die keine oder wenig Bernsteinsäure enthalten. Retinit ist aufgrund seines organischen Ursprungs also kein Mineral. |
lexicalization | deu: Retinit |
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media:img | Borneo amber from Beradai Coal Mine, Merit-Pila, Sarawak.jpg |
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