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Succinite

Succinite \Suc"ci*nite\, n. [Cf. F. succinite.] (Min.)

  1. Amber.

  2. A garnet of an amber color.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
succinite

1816, "amber-colored mineral," from -ite (1) + Latin succinum "amber," which Klein calls a loan word from a Northern European language that has been assimilated in form to Latin succus, sucus "juice, sap." Related: Succinic, from French succinique.

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succinite

n. 1 (context mineralogy English) Baltic amber 2 A garnet of an amber colour.