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.

Further reading

steatite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“Steatite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
“steatite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

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