Saponite

noun

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Noun

1
A trioctahedral smectite mineral. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

mountain soap piotine piotine soapstone soapstone

Etymology

Coined by Swedish chemist and mineralogist Lars Fredrik Svanberg in 1840, from Latin sāpō (“soap”) + -ite.

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