saponite
English
editEtymology
editCoined by Swedish chemist and mineralogist Lars Fredrik Svanberg in 1840, from Latin sāpō (“soap”) + -ite.
Noun
editsaponite (countable and uncountable, plural saponites)
Synonyms
editHypernyms
edit- smectite group
Hyponyms
editTranslations
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Further reading
edit- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Saponite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “saponite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.