steatite

Noun

Meaning

A massive variety of talc, of a grayish green or brown color. It forms extensive beds, and is quarried for fireplaces and for coarse utensils. Called also potstone, lard stone, and soapstone.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

soapstone soaprock soap-rock serpentine onyx stone alabaster powder marble limestone chalk sandstone shale gneiss talc
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Hypernyms

talc talcum

Related terms

steatohepatitis steatoma steatosis steatopygia steatohepatosis steatocystoma

Examples

Art Bronze Ordos culture plaque, 4th century BC; a horse attacked by a tiger Chinese jade and steatite plaques, in the Scythian-style animal art of the steppes. 4th to 3rd centuries BC. Source: Internet

Chinese jade and steatite plaques, in the Scythian -style animal art of the steppes. 4th–3rd century BCE. Source: Internet

By far the most exquisite and obscure artifacts unearthed to date are the small, square steatite (soapstone) seals engraved with human or animal motifs. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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