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Definition: Saponite
Saponite
\Sap"o*nite\, n. [Sw. saponit, fr. L. sapo, -onis,
soap.] (Min.)
A hydrous silicate of magnesia and alumina. It occurs in
soft, soapy, amorphous masses, filling veins in serpentine
and cavities in trap rock.
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