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)

1. (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^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.