steatite
See also: stéatite
English
Noun
steatite (countable and uncountable, plural steatites)
- (mineralogy) soapstone
- 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 556:
- Though a certain kind of paper is manufactured from bamboo pulp, the usual material of the books is the palm leaf, while for ordinary notebook purposes a kind of black tablet, called a parabeik, and a steatite pencil are employed.
- 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 556:
Further reading
- steatite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Steatite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “steatite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.