Sinopite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sinopite \Sin"o*pite\, n. [F., fr. L. sinopis (sc. terra), a red
     earth or ocher found in Sinope, a town in Paphlagoma, on the
     Black Sea, Gr. ????.] (Min.)
     A brick-red ferruginous clay used by the ancients for red
     paint.
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