Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to steatite or soapstone; made of steatite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Min.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, steatite; containing or resembling steatite.
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- adjective mineralogy Containing, resembling, or relating to
steatite .
Etymologies
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Examples
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We brought away some of this earth, which we took from the winter-provision of the Indians; and it is a mistake to suppose that it is steatitic, and that it contains magnesia.
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I sought in vain, in the Cordillera of Baraguan, for hornblende, and those steatitic masses that characterise several granites of the Higher Alps in Switzerland.
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We brought away some of this earth, which we took from the winter-provision of the Indians; and it is a mistake to suppose that it is steatitic, and that it contains magnesia.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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I sought in vain, in the Cordillera of Baraguan, for hornblende, and those steatitic masses that characterise several granites of the Higher Alps in Switzerland.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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