Sinopite Definition

noun

(mineralogy) A brick-red ferruginous clay used as red paint in ancient times.

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Origin of Sinopite

  • French, from Latin sinopis (sc. terra), a red earth or ocher found in Sinope, a town in Paphlagoma, on the Black Sea.

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