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Definition of Saponite
1. n. A hydrous silicate of magnesia and alumina. It occurs in soft, soapy, amorphous masses, filling veins in serpentine and cavities in trap rock.
Definition of Saponite
1. Noun. (minerology) A trioctahedral smectite mineral. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Saponite
1. a mineral found in veins and cavities of rocks [n -S]
Medical Definition of Saponite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Saponite
Literary usage of Saponite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geology and Mineral Resources of San Diego and Imperial Counties by Frederick James Hamilton Merrill, California State Mining Bureau (1914)
"saponite. Three miles southeast of Otay there is a deposit of this mineral, a
massive, clay-like variety of kaolin, containing a great amount of combined ..."
2. Transactions and Proceedings by Perthshire Society of Natural Science (1908)
"The garnets are associated with incrustations of saponite, quartz, and calcite.
... The saponite forms a dark green to almost black layer on the surface of ..."
3. Geology and Mineral Resources of San Diego and Imperial Counties by Frederick James Hamilton Merrill, California State Mining Bureau (1914)
"saponite. Three miles southeast of Otay there is a deposit of this mineral, a
massive, clay-like variety of kaolin, containing a great amount of combined ..."
4. Transactions and Proceedings by Perthshire Society of Natural Science (1908)
"The garnets are associated with incrustations of saponite, quartz, and calcite.
... The saponite forms a dark green to almost black layer on the surface of ..."
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