Look up: soapstone

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   Soapstone
   see 'Steatite'
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   soapstone
   [n] - a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel
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   soapstone
   powdered soft stone used to reduce tackiness of rubber to keep tires from sticking to molds during curing. Also used as lubricant to prevent sticking between tire and tube Category: Various industries and crafts • a soft stone having a soapy feel and composed essentially of talc, chlorite, and often some magnetite compare steatite. Category: The cosmos • type of steatite, s...
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   soapstone
   A form of magnesium silicate, or talc, used in its solid white, red, greyish or greenish form for carved ornaments, particularly in China. In the mid-18thC, particularly in Britain, powdered soapstone, or steatite, was sometimes used as a binding agent in soft-paste porcelain paste. It provides good resistance to sudden temperature changes, improve ...
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   Soapstone
   Soap'stone` noun See Steatite , and Talc .
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   soapstone
   Synonym for talc ... <chemical> A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish colour, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular variety. Indurated talc, an impure, slaty talc, with a nearly compact texture, and greater hardness than common talc.< ...
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   soapstone
   soaprock noun a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments
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   Soapstone
   `Soapstone` (also known as `steatite` or `soaprock`) is a metamorphic rock, a talc-schist. It is largely composed of the mineral talc and is rich in magnesium. It is produced by dynamothermal metamorphism, which occurs at the areas where tectonic plates are subducted, changing rocks by heat and pressure, with influx of fluids, but without melting. It has been a medium for carving for thousands of years.
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   Soapstone
   • (n.) See Steatite, and Talc.
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    soapstone
    (from the article `talc`) ...mineral that is distinguished from almost all other minerals by its extreme softness (it has the lowest rating [1] on the Mohs scale of hardness). ...
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    soapstone
    soapstone or steatite (stē'utīt) , metamorphic rock of which the characteristic and usually chief mineral is talc, but which also contains varying parts of chlorite, mica, tremolite, quartz, magnetite, and iron compounds. It is gray to green in color, has a soapy feel, and is notable...
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