Pinolite (Pinolith)

Pinolite, also known as Pinolith, is a Graphite-pigmented, light grey to almost black Dolomite matrix with inclusions of white Magnesite grains that look like pine kernels. Pinolite, or Pinolith, translates to “pine stone”. Pinolite is only found at the Magnesite deposit at Sunk, Hohentauern, Niedere Tauern, Styria, Austria. 

 

 

Chemical Formula: a mixture of Dolomite, Graphite and Magnesite