saponite

English

Etymology

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

Noun

saponite (countable and uncountable, plural saponites)

(mineralogy) A trioctahedral smectite mineral.

Synonyms

piotine, soapstone

Hypernyms

smectite group

Hyponyms

bowlingite
griffithite
sobotkite

Translations

Translations

German: Saponit, Seifenstein m

Further reading

David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Saponite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“saponite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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