saponite

English

Noun

saponite (countable and uncountable, plural saponites)

  1. (mineralogy) A trioctahedral smectite mineral.

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Hyponyms
  • bowlingite
  • griffithite
  • sobotkite

Further reading
  • David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Saponite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “saponite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.
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