Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A clay mineral that is a hydrous silicate of aluminum and magnesium and occurs in soft amorphous masses in the cavities of certain rocks.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hydrous silicate of magnesia and alumina. It occurs in soft, soapy, amorphous masses, filling veins in serpentine and cavities in trap-rock.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A hydrous silicate of magnesia and alumina. It occurs in soft, soapy, amorphous masses, filling veins in serpentine and cavities in trap rock.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A
trioctahedral smectite mineral .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin sāpō, sāpōn-, hair dye; see saponin + –ite.]
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Examples
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In the transition and saprolitic ores, nickel also occurs in lizardite, talc and saponite, a montmorillonite clay.
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Moreover, the study explains that talc is present in close proximity to the carbonate locations - rather than previously suggested saponite - and talc-carbonate alteration of high-Mg precursor rocks has taken place.
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Moreover, the study explains that talc is present in close proximity to the carbonate locations - rather than previously suggested saponite - and talc-carbonate alteration of high-Mg precursor rocks has taken place.
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