soapstone

English

Untreated soapstone.

Etymology

soap + stone

Noun

soapstone (countable and uncountable, plural soapstones)

  1. (geology) a soft rock, rich in talc, also containing serpentine and either magnetite, dolomite or calcite

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Further reading

  • Soapstone” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • soapstone mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016
  • soapstone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

soapstone (third-person singular simple present soapstones, present participle soapstoning, simple past and past participle soapstoned)

  1. (transitive) To scrub with soapstone.

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