sepiolite

English

Sepiolite

Etymology

From Latin sepia (“cuttlefish”) +‎ -lite, from its resemblance to cuttlebone.

Noun

sepiolite (countable and uncountable, plural sepiolites)

(mineralogy) A hydrated magnesium silicate, clay mineral used for carving into decorative articles and smoking pipes.
Synonym: meerschaum

Translations

a clay mineral, the formal name of meerschaum

Finnish: merenvaha (fi), sepioliitti
French: sépiolite (fr) f
German: Sepiolith m

Italian: sepiolite f
Spanish: sepiolita f

Further reading

“Sepiolite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
“sepiolite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

Italian

Noun

sepiolite f (plural sepioliti)

(mineralogy) sepiolite, meerschaum

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