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Coined by Swedish chemist and mineralogist Lars Fredrik Svanberg in 1840, from Latin sāpō (“soap”) + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
saponite
Today it means: A trioctahedral smectite mineral. Full definition →
Today it means: A trioctahedral smectite mineral. Full definition →
Coined by Swedish chemist and mineralogist Lars Fredrik Svanberg in 1840, from Latin sāpō (“soap”) + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.