Look up: soapstone

1. soapstone
   [n] - a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel
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2. 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, chlorit...
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3. 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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4. Soapstone
   Soap'stone` noun See Steatite , and Talc .
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5. 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 compa...
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6. 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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7. Soapstone
   • (n.) See Steatite, and Talc.
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8. 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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9. Soapstone
   Soapstone is a popular name for steatite.
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10. 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 thus rich in magnesium. It is produced by dynamothermal metamorphism and metasomatism, which occurs in the areas where tectonic plates are subducted, changing rocks...
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11. 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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12. soapstone
    Type: Term Pronunciation: sōp′stōn Synonyms: talc
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13. soapstone
    Compact, massive form of impure talc
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14. 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...
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15. Soapstone
    whitish, grey, green and brown steatite: soft, smooth, easily carved stone vulnerable to dampness The talc in it gives the surface a slippery, soapy feeling: frequently used for small Inuit carvings
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