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SOAP-STONE [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A soft stone having a soapy feel and composed essentially of talc, chlorite, and often some magnetite.

OBS

[Talc] exists in three varieties: foliated, massive (steatite or soapstone), and indurated (talc slate or schist).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Pierre soyeuse, compacte ou granulaire, composée essentiellement de talc, avec parfois de la chlorite et souvent de la magnétite.

OBS

Roche [...] faite de talc, mais compacte et non feuilletée, ce qui la distingue du talcschiste.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Refractory Materials (Metallurgy)
DEF

[A] type of steatite, sometimes containing chloritic minerals.

OBS

Soapstone is properly applied to an impure form of steatite which contains varying amounts of chlorite, tremolite, pyroxene, magnetite, pyrite, quartz and carbonates of calcium and magnesium. ... In common parlance this is the most widely used term, and is applied to any soft rock which can be cut readily. In Georgia it is used extensively to designate rocks in which chlorite predominates over talc; in [which case] such rocks [are] designated "chloritic soapstones."

Key term(s)
  • soaprock
  • soap rock
  • soap-earth

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Matériaux réfractaires (Métallurgie)
DEF

Variété de stéatite contenant des minéraux chloriteux.

Spanish

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