steatite
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Etymology
Origin of steatite
1595–1605; < Latin steatītēs < Greek steat- (stem of stéar ) fat, tallow + -ītēs -ite 1
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An 8th century circular box made of steatite with no decoration other than incised circles bears witness to the impact of east Iranian art on China under the Tang dynasty.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2011
A group found together, consisting of a sa amulet of bronze, a dark steatite cylinder, and a little glazed steatite draughtsman with a human head and traces of some sign inscribed below.
From El Kab by James Edward Quibell
No. 29, in green steatite, from a stairway tomb.
From El Kab by James Edward Quibell
We have it here in great variety as to colour; but mostly it is of a deep blood-red, or a dark green, with white veins of steatite or soapstone running through it.
From Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon by George Manville Fenn
The water has eaten more deeply into some veins of steatite than in other places, and the presence of the steatite may possibly have had something to do with the formation of the gouffre.
From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper
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