Description: Turpentine is a fluid obtained by the distillation of crude gum (oleo pine resin) most of them from Pinus merkusii. It is a kind of natural essential oil, a mixture of various terpenoid and hydrocarbon. Composition: �¢?�¢ Turpentine is composed of terpenes, primarily the monoterpenes alpha- and beta pinene, with lesser amounts of carene, camphene, dipentene and terpinolene. The chemical formula is C10H16.