saponite
[ sap-uh-nahyt ]
noun
a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
Origin of saponite
1Words Nearby saponite
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It is built of blue-grey saponite, a local stone easy to work, varied with marble from the island of Almenningen.
Capitals of the Northlands | Ian C. Hannah
British Dictionary definitions for saponite
saponite
/ (ˈsæpəˌnaɪt) /
noun
a clay mineral consisting of hydrated magnesium aluminium silicate and occurring in metamorphic rocks such as serpentine
Origin of saponite
1C19: from Swedish saponit (a rendering of German Seifenstein soapstone), from Latin sāpō soap
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