English Explanatory Dictionary

saponite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A trioctahedral smectite mineral.

Word forms

saponite saponites

Etymology

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

Synonyms

piotine soapstone
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