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Soapstone
SOAPSTONE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
soapstone
soapstone
English
Noun
soapstone (countable and uncountable, plural soapstones)
- (geology) a soft rock, rich in talc, also containing serpentine and either magnetite, dolomite or calcite
Translations
soft rock
External links
- soapstone Barthelmy, David (accessed 29 August 2016) Webmineral Mineralogy Database
- 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)
- (transitive) To scrub with soapstone.