saponite

English

Noun

saponite (countable and uncountable, plural saponites)

  1. (mineralogy) A trioctahedral smectite mineral.

Synonyms

Hyponyms

  • bowlingite
  • griffithite
  • sobotkite

Further reading

  • “Saponite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • saponite mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016
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